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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. A continuation of the world and a handful of characters created by Mortal Engines, this story maintains a mild entertainment value. It loses much of the novelty that carried the first book and continues to struggle with some of the same weaknesses, including character development. Rather than appreciating the depth and journey from the first novel for the main characters, this book skips ahead and leans further into the previous weaknesses.

The story often feels choppy and erratic at times, making characters feel inconsistent and plot points irrelevant. Still cannot say enough about the novel concept created by this series, but unfortunately, there is not enough growth within it for me to continue reading any more of the novels. The second in this series about mobile cities that survive by cannibalizing other cities and towns.

The character development is lacking greatly as is story continuity. The idea of the post apocalyptic world is interesting but begs to be written better.

Could also benefit from more consistent detailing of environment and writing structure over all. Maybe it was just the sloppy time jump. One person found this helpful. Predator's Gold takes place in the same world as Mortal Engines.

Taking the chance to expand on the wonderful world of moving cities from the first book, Predator's Gold manages to carry over that sense of wonder from the first book and this time, the author takes more time to let the reader get more familiar with locations so they feel more real and alive than in the first book. If only he'd done the same with the characters. However, returning characters Hester and Tom arrive from the last book and barely develop through the course of this one, while the only new character to have a strong character arc is Freya, who unfortunately starts off so unlikable its a struggle to find her parts enjoyable through half the book.

If you're a fan of fascinating worlds and unique locales, definitely worth a read. If you're looking for solid and relatable characters, you may want to steer clear. Good read if you enjoyed the other books. The characters are imperfect and it gives a sense of fear and dread to know they aren't superheroes.

One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. My husband loved the stories. Second book in the series, and every bit as good as the first. Fast paced, fun, and honest. It is stolen by the Lost Boys and, later, Brighton. It is then destroyed in a fire; when Fang is rebuilt by Fishcake, her Stalker alter-ego travels towards Batmunkh Gompa to steal parts for a transmitter with the power to reach ODIN, and then travels on Anna Fang's residence, where there is enough Old-Tech to finish the transmitter. The journey is delayed by Anna Fang's confused and caring personality.

At Batmunkh Gompa the Stalker takes control until the final scene. Both sides try to find the transmitter, leading to the Storm's assault of London, but it is Tom , Hester , Shrike, and Pennyroyal who find Fang. As Fang prepares to target all the volcanoes on the earth and so destroy humanity, a final confrontation from Tom brings Anna to the fore once more and she orders ODIN to turn its beam weapon upon itself, destroying it completely.

As well as its immensely powerful weaponry, ODIN appears to show signs of intelligence. When it is awakened, it queries its new position and briefly searches for its old masters, and notes the vast difference in geography since its last awakening.

It can also zoom in to an individual's face on the Earth and, although the picture is grainy, it is still identifiable. It can change its orbit when directed to target all over the globe.

This, as well as the Stalker minds found among Old-Tech and Shrike seems to prove that robots had, by the time of the Sixty Minute War, achieved sentience. In the first book Medusa is the machine that is added to London.

London uses it to fire at another traction city and the city ends up in flames. Some people didn't like this as they said it was a waste, as they cannot salvage anything. The Fever Crumb Series, although released after the Mortal Engines Quartet, takes place centuries or millennia before the events depicted in the Quartet. The main character is Fever Crumb, a London Engineer who is partially descended from the Scriven, a mutant race of humans.

The series also introduced the character Shrike, revealing his origins before he became a Stalker. A few of the people in the books are named after places in Devon , where Reeve lives, including Chudleigh , Tamerton Foliot and the River Plym. Both Shrike and Smew are named after birds, and Pennyroyal is named after a flower. Many of the characters are named after ancient in the context of the books brands: Friends of Phillip Reeve are also occasionally mentioned in the books; for instance 'Poskitt' is included as a god, clearly referring to Kjartan Poskitt , a friend and the author of books that Reeve has illustrated in the past.

Some Traction Cities bear present-day names, but some, such as Airhaven and Motorpolis, are invented. All Traction Cities consist of several 'tiers' fixed to a huge hull containing engine rooms, storage hangars, and a large 'gut' where captured towns are dismantled. At the sides are enormous tracks or wheels; and huge hydraulic 'jaws' at the bows to capture smaller towns. Various names are given below:.

Airships in the quartet carry unusual or quirky names reminiscent of the style of the names of ships in Iain M. Banks ' Culture series. In , Peter Jackson , director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, expressed interest in directing the film adaptations. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters on December 14, Philip Reeve has also mentioned the possibility of a comic set in the world of Mortal Engines. He said that he has been discussing it with David Wyatt and mentioned that a younger Anna Fang would be an interesting character to focus on.

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However, it is unknown whether it will be finished or not. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. List of characters in the Mortal Engines Quartet.