Mortal Engines: 1 (Mortal Engines Quartet)

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Thaddeus Valentine – a dashing and handsome Historian often idolised by younger Historians, though his less public image involves murder and thievery as an agent of London. He is killed in the destruction of London by MEDUSA. He is, in fact, Hester's biological father. Bujak, Gabrielle (13 November 2020). "Why HBO Should Reboot Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines UnBoxed Life". www.unboxedlifemag.com. UnBoxed Life. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021 . Retrieved 17 January 2020. Readers in Year 7-9 will enjoy Sarah Govett's The Territorytrilogy, an eco-dystopia that combines environmental threats with pressures on young people. Or Sally Garner's Maggot Moonis a thought-provoking dystopian 1950s Britain ruled by the oppressive Motherland. For more exciting fantasy or science fiction

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Shrike continued to wander the earth during the age of the Traction Cities, as there were many who sought the services of such a proficient killer. At one time he worked as an executioner in Paris, where he was greatly feared by criminals, who still thought him as a sort of dark god long after his departure. Later he served as an assassin in the service of the government of Kutsoi, but this ended when he turned on and killed the mayor who had sent him after the young children of a political opponent. Shrike then fled into the out-country and made a living as a bounty hunter, further developing his fearsome reputation.

a b Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines Quartet series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 23 November 2019. On 18 November 2020, upon being asked whether Mortal Engines would be rebooted for television, Reeve responded that "it would be nice, but it seems unlikely". [8] [9] Title [ edit ]

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All of this is, of course, challenged when Natsworthy encounters a young girl Hester Shaw. Shaw, who has been horribly disfigured, is brought aboard London after it has chased down and captured the smaller city of Salthook. Their fates become intertwined when Natsworthy stops Hester’s assassination attempt on famed adventurer and head of the Guild of Historians Thaddeus Valentine.The Mortal Engines, due to its post-apocalyptic steampunk aesthetic, will probably get lumped into Science Fiction. But make no mistake this is pure fantasy. Tom Natsworthy goes on Campbell’s Hero’s journey in an almost paint by numbers fashion. Reeve’s almost does some interesting things by retaining the Hero’s refusal of the call for so long, but again he fails to make Natsworthy’s blind devotion to Municipal Darwinism meaningful. The story essentially comes down to good versus evil, but the characters are so unexplored that even that falls flat. Final Thoughts Katherine Valentine, Thaddeus Valentine's daughter who begins to become suspicious about her father's activities. Tom Natsworthy is a 15-year-old orphan and an apprentice at the Museum of Natural History in London. He idolizes the head Historian Thaddeus Valentine. One day a mysterious scavenger girl from the muddy area outside London boards the city and attempts to assassinate Valentine. Tom stops her at the last minute, chasing her when she flees. The girl has a large scar on her face and reveals that her name is Hester Shaw. Before jumping down a trash chute, Hester warns that Valentine isn’t who he seems to be. When Tom brings up Hester Shaw to Valentine, he pushes Tom down the same trash chute, attempting to kill him. Hester Shaw, a 15-year-old short-tempered assassin whose parents were murdered by Valentine and seeks vengeance.

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Bujak, Gabrielle (13 November 2020). "Why HBO Should Reboot Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines UnBoxed Life". www.unboxedlifemag.com. UnBoxed Life. The novels take place in a post-apocalyptic future where a third world war, called the 60-minute war, has eradicated most life of planet earth. Now, humans survive on giant mobile cities called Traction Cities. Cities and towns scuttle about on the earth’s surface getting supplies by airships or destroying smaller cities and utilizing them for scraps and slave labor. Think Mad Max meets Agario.

Tom Natsworthy – a 15-year-old boy who is an apprentice Historian at the beginning of the series, and eventually has many diverse adventures across the world. Tom greatly admires the head of Historians, Valentine, and has a strong sense of curiosity. A few of the people in Mortal Engines are named after places in Devon, where Reeve lives, including Chudleigh, Tamerton Foliot and the River Plym. In the quartet, Miss Plym and Chudleigh Pomeroy are both in the Guild of Historians, and Tamarton Foliot is an "Alternative" historian. Both Shrike and Smew are named after birds, and Pennyroyal is named after a flower. [7] Shrike (Grike in the American releases) – an ancient Stalker who raised Hester after her parents were killed. Reeve has stated that major influences on the Mortal Engines Quartet include Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings. [16] [17] Legacy [ edit ] London is the principal Traction City in the novel, which has returned to a Victorian-era society. London's society is divided into four major and several minor Guilds. The Engineers are responsible for maintaining the machines necessary for the survival of London, many of which are found by the Guild of Historians. The Historians are in charge of collecting and preserving highly prized, often dangerous artifacts. The Navigators are responsible for steering and plotting the course of London. The Merchants are in charge of running London's economy. London is officially ruled by an elected Mayor. The Lord Mayor is Magnus Crome, who is also the head of the Guild of Engineers. Like most Traction Cities, London is built on a series of tiers. This encourages the system of social classes, with the wealthier nobles at the top of the city and the lower classes further down, closer to the noise and pollution of the city's massive engines. Atop the whole of London sits St Paul's Cathedral: the only building known to have survived the Sixty Minute War.

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Tom and Hester escape by stealing a hot-air balloon and drift over the Hunting Ground. Hester reveals that she knows Shrike, who took care of her after her parents were killed by Valentine as they would not give up an Old Tech machine. Valentine then scarred her and believed that she was dead. Escaping, she was taken care of by Shrike for most of her childhood, who despite believed to have no feelings, developed a father-like bond with her. Wanting to avenge her parents, Hester left Shrike despite his pleas for her to stay and travelled to London. Shrike followed her, reaching London first, but was captured by Crome and used to create more Stalkers for London. Aditionally, there is a a collection of short stories called Night Flights that you will also enjoy. Want to buy Mortal Engines books? Anchorage-in-Vineland – The static and stable version of the Traction City of Anchorage which had decided to stop wandering the Arctic wastes and settle in the green and unspoiled land of Vineland (in North America). When Anchorage was a Traction City, it was not predatory but chose to gain its wealth by trading with other cities. Kit Solent was an archaeologist in London, with a particular interest in Scriven artefacts. He met and fell in love with Katie Solent (nee Unthank), whose father had worked with Auric Godshawk. They had two children, Ruan and Fern, but Katie died of the blue flu soon after Fern's birth.

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Shrike (also known in the American release of the series as Grike), an ancient Stalker who raised Hester after her parents were killed and seeks to turn her into a Stalker so she can be with him forever. Shrike was mentioned by Hester when she and Tom planned how to defeat the Huntsmen to save Anchorage. We can always rely on you, and once again, you came up with heaps of brilliant suggestions! Here are just some of our favourites... More Philip Reeve, of course!