Thunder City (a Mortal Engines Novel) - by Philip Reeve (Hardcover)

About the Book

Tamzin Pook and her friends fight for survival against armored engine bodies known as Revenants.

Book Synopsis

An edge-of-your seat adventure set in the iconic world of Mortal Engines!

Tamzin Pook is a fighter in the Amusement Arcade. And what she does best is killing Revenants.

All she knows is survival, having arrived in the Arcade as a small child. She pushes away her memories, her hopes, and her fears, and she emerges into the arena to battle the Revenants--dead brains nestled in armored engine bodies. She doesn't dare to hope or wish for anything more than to survive another day.

Meanwhile, the wheeled city of Thorbury has been taken over by a rebel faction who killed its leaders and commandeered the city. Its only hope is a teacher named Miss Torpenhow who's determined to find the Mayor's good-for-nothing son and force him to take back what's rightfully his. But to get to him, she'll need to find someone who's skilled at fighting Revenants.

With a daring abduction, Miss Torpenhow and Tamzin Pook's destinies are entwined, and so begin their adventures together...

This stand-alone Mortal Engines novel follows an unlikely crew of fighters-turned friends: Tamzin Pook, Hilly Torpenhow, mayor-to-be Max Angmering, and washed-up mercenary Oddington Doom. Together, they must find a way to outwit the assassins that are determined to drag Tamzin back to the arcade, and try to take back Thorbury.

Readers, hold onto your seats--it's going to be a wild ride.

Review Quotes

Praise for Thunder City:

An Amazon Best of the Month

An Apple Books Staff Pick

★ "A rousing, swashbuckling, dystopian romp." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "Readers will be swept away by the nonstop action and the sheer inventiveness of the plot; intrigued by the companions' around-the-world exploits; and pulled in by the depth of the characterizations and relationships." -- The Horn Book Magazine

"A memorable epic with a rich emotional undercurrent." -- Publishers Weekly

Praise for the Mortal Engines Quartet:

★ "Exciting and visually descriptive." -- School Library Journal, starred review

"A page-turner, this adventure in a city-eat-city world will have readers eagerly suspending disbelief to follow the twists and turns of the imaginative plot." -- Booklist

About the Author

Philip Reeve is the bestselling author of the Mortal Engines quartet, which is now a major motion picture, and the award-winning Fever Crumb series. His other books include the highly acclaimed Here Lies Arthur and No Such Thing As Dragons. He lives in England with his wife and son. Visit him online at philip-reeve.com.