Tom and Hester are in danger.
Pursued by the grim aviators of the Green Storm, they stumble onto the ice city of Anchorage just in time. But ... read full description
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Mar 11, 2008
Brooke
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Who doesn't love dystopic visions of the future? Not I. Especially not one that involves giant cities on wheels -- that EAT each other. The concept of Municipal Darwinism never gets old, baby.
It's taken me forever to get around to the Hungry City Chronicles, of which this is the second. Tom and Hester, our heroes from the first book (read: the only characters left alive after the first book -- sheesh, Mortal Enginges has a bigger body count than Hamlet) are in trouble again. This More...
It's taken me forever to get around to the Hungry City Chronicles, of which this is the second. Tom and Hester, our heroes from the first book (read: the only characters left alive after the first book -- sheesh, Mortal Enginges has a bigger body count than Hamlet) are in trouble again. This More...
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Jan 23, 2009
Becky
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Freya awoke early and lay for a while in the dark, feeling her city shiver and sway beneath her as its powerful engines sent it skimming across the ice. Sleepily, she waited for her servants to come and help her out of bed. It took her a few moments to remember that they were all dead.
Predator's Gold is the sequel to The Mortal Engines. It continues the story of Tom and Hester; it's been two years since the destruction of London and the pair's close call. Never wanting to lead a dull More...
Predator's Gold is the sequel to The Mortal Engines. It continues the story of Tom and Hester; it's been two years since the destruction of London and the pair's close call. Never wanting to lead a dull More...
Jan 26, 2012
C.S.
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dear reader,
I love this book, but not as much as the first one. For instance, Hester is not so despicable and cold person, she has softened for Tom, which makes her less sarcastic and violent. Some characters, like Freya and Pennyroyal got to my nerves. And other new characters, like Caul, warmed my heart.
This is the second book, after the success of Mortal Engines, and Mr. Reeve delivered and met my high expectations for the sequel. After going through the character deve More...
I love this book, but not as much as the first one. For instance, Hester is not so despicable and cold person, she has softened for Tom, which makes her less sarcastic and violent. Some characters, like Freya and Pennyroyal got to my nerves. And other new characters, like Caul, warmed my heart.
This is the second book, after the success of Mortal Engines, and Mr. Reeve delivered and met my high expectations for the sequel. After going through the character deve More...
Oct 01, 2011
Doug
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Mortal Engines</a> left me so eager for more that I scoured all three bookshops in the town we were staying in for a copy of the sequel, Predator's Gold, even though I suspected I was setting myself up for disappointment. Sequels aren't usually as good, perhaps particularly in genre fiction, in part because the critical balance between novelty and familiarity is inevitably different when revisiting established characters and situations.
Of course there are exceptions that prove th More...
Of course there are exceptions that prove th More...
Jun 25, 2010
Lady
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Yet another brilliant installment in the "Hungry City Chronicles"! I love this series! I gushed about it at length in my review of "Mortal Engines", so I won't do so again here. :)
Tom and Hester are back, and now after two and a half years as air traders trouble finds them. The Green Storm are a radical branch of the anti-tractionist league and are hell-bent on retrieving the Jenny Hanniver. They believe Tom and Hester are London agents who tricked their beloved A More...
Tom and Hester are back, and now after two and a half years as air traders trouble finds them. The Green Storm are a radical branch of the anti-tractionist league and are hell-bent on retrieving the Jenny Hanniver. They believe Tom and Hester are London agents who tricked their beloved A More...
Apr 17, 2010
Heather
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In this sequel to Mortal Engines, Reeve follows Tom and Hester two years later, when their airship adventuring is disrupted by a crisis with the traction city Anchorage. While cities, stalkers, and charlatains all gear up for various wars, Tom and Hester have to make their own choices about loyalty and trust.
If you read the first book in the Hungry City Chronicles, you know all about Tom and Hester and also figured out that Reeve likes to pepper his wild adventure stories with a nod More...
If you read the first book in the Hungry City Chronicles, you know all about Tom and Hester and also figured out that Reeve likes to pepper his wild adventure stories with a nod More...
Oct 05, 2009
Alex
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The peaceful city of Anchorage is boldly plowing out into the ice fields. Inside, the young Ice Queen is determined to reach the home of their Ancestor's; America, the Dead Continent. But is it dead? Brave explorer Pennyroyal not only believes that there is life in America still, but also claims to have been to America and seen it in its lush splendor. TOm, who has been travelling the birdways with Hester for two years now, is amazed at this discovery. However dark forces are beggining to brew..
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Aug 15, 2011
Andrew
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The second book in Reeve's young adult "municipal Darwinism" series breezed by at a much brisker pace for me than the first, though it didn't quite reach the satisfying, frenetic ending that Mortal Engines did. That said, Predator's Gold still manages to be good fun throughout, and it never drags.
The good - Reeve takes to the ice and the water with ease, and I actually found the chilly environs more dramatic and bracing than the more breathtaking climes of Shan Ghuo. The in More...
The good - Reeve takes to the ice and the water with ease, and I actually found the chilly environs more dramatic and bracing than the more breathtaking climes of Shan Ghuo. The in More...
Jan 21, 2011
Pamela
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I was quite impressed with Reeve's first entry in the Hungry City Chronicles, and was really disappointed in this follow-up. It seems that pretty much most of the action is motivated by angsty teenage love. Again, the only really likeable character is Hester. Tom has, if it's even possible, become even more unsure of himself and more selfish. The two, aboard the now-deceased Anna Fang's airship, land (well, crash is more like it) on the city Anchorage after a mysterious encounter with powerf
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Dec 23, 2010
Nicole
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Book 2 of The Hungry City Chronicles.
Like "Mortal Engines", I did enjoy this book, but it was not thrilling or engaging. It wasn't terrible or anything; I think I just wasn't in the mood for it. But I finished it anyway. Two down and two to go.
Character updates: I still don't especially like Tom and Hestor, although they are more likable than they were in book 1. I think of the two, I like Hester more. A new and also annoying (and oddly familiar...) character ap More...
Like "Mortal Engines", I did enjoy this book, but it was not thrilling or engaging. It wasn't terrible or anything; I think I just wasn't in the mood for it. But I finished it anyway. Two down and two to go.
Character updates: I still don't especially like Tom and Hestor, although they are more likable than they were in book 1. I think of the two, I like Hester more. A new and also annoying (and oddly familiar...) character ap More...
Apr 12, 2010
Katrina
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This book is the sequel to Mortal Engines and should be read that way. There a many references to things that happen in book one that would be lost on a newcomer.
I found this book to go more in depth than Mortal Engines. Reeve delves deeper into the motivations behind the characters. I was sort of shocked at Hester’s ruthlessness in this book. She has always been pretty rough and tumble but always held back from doing truly questionable things. Here she kills without qualms an More...
I found this book to go more in depth than Mortal Engines. Reeve delves deeper into the motivations behind the characters. I was sort of shocked at Hester’s ruthlessness in this book. She has always been pretty rough and tumble but always held back from doing truly questionable things. Here she kills without qualms an More...
Jan 21, 2012
Kayleigh
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It's a credit to Reeve's storytelling ability that I wanted to keep reading Predator's Gold even though I spent almost the entire time annoyed with the characters. I thought Freya was a spoiled, self-absorbed, entitled brat who needed a good ass-kicking, I wanted to stab Pennyroyal in his lying, smirking face, Sathya could have used a few good slaps to the side of the head, and Tom and Hester were just frustrating. Seriously, don't those two idiots ever sit down and talk things over like sane pe
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Feb 27, 2011
Mr. Pirkl
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In the sequel to Mortal Engines, we find two years have passed and Tom and Hester are in love and traveling aboard their airship, the Jenny Haniver, which they had 'inherited' at the end of the previous novel.
Their simple life is interrupted when the Green Storm, a group that fights for static cities, discovers them and wants the airship of their comrade back. They crash on Anchorage, where Tom and the Magravaine Freya crush on each other, much to Hester's dismay. Due to the scar that run More...
Their simple life is interrupted when the Green Storm, a group that fights for static cities, discovers them and wants the airship of their comrade back. They crash on Anchorage, where Tom and the Magravaine Freya crush on each other, much to Hester's dismay. Due to the scar that run More...
Dec 28, 2008
Marco
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Jan 25, 2012
Beth
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I often wish there was a 3 1/2 star rating. I feel like there is a really big gap between liking and really liking something . . . and this book falls squarely into that gap. First of all, I LOVED Mortal Engines (the first book in this quartet; this being the second). It was a breathtakingly clever and new take on a futuristic dystopia. This book had many of the good qualities of the first one, and it did retain the two most central characters -- whilst adding new characters and expanding on
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Jun 29, 2011
Kevin
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I started reading this series with the first book, "Mortal Engines". The peril of Tom and Hester's adventures grow, as their relationship deepens. Perhaps my favorite part of this book is the evolution of each character, especially Hester. Reeves does a brilliant job of creating characters with depth and shades of morality. He writes so well of the challenges and decisions we all might make and the consequences we, or others, might suffer. The first book was far more of an adventure
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Apr 20, 2011
Jacqueline
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A very good follow up to Mortal Engines. It as a little bit of the Empire Strikes Back syndrome in that you know there is more of the story to come, but it adds to the themes and characters it developed in the first book. The direction that Reeve is Hester Shaw in is fascinating, ramping up her dark side considerably. Freya's development to an actual leader of her people is a great one to see. There are also great touches from other Steampunk works; parts were very reminiscent of The City of Los
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Oct 04, 2011
Jonathan
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It seemed at the end of Mortal Engines that it was the end. Yet in spectacular fashion Philip Reeve reignites his world of city-eating cities and reanimated corpses to truly begin what concludes as a uniquely brilliant series.
This is a difficult novel to describe. Like any good sequel it brings back the elements of the first novel, adds in a few new ones, mixes them together, throws in a few twists and turns and ends on a note that makes you believe the series could very satisfyingl More...
This is a difficult novel to describe. Like any good sequel it brings back the elements of the first novel, adds in a few new ones, mixes them together, throws in a few twists and turns and ends on a note that makes you believe the series could very satisfyingl More...
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Oct 05, 2010
Lorna
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with both of the books i've read of this series so far i've found it hard to get going with them, but once i have they are really worth the effort. the adventures of tom and hester are the sweetest love story- very innocent in some ways but with big, lofty consequences and insecurities. the little quirks of names and allusions to life as it is now adds an intelligence and sparkle to what is essentially a children's book. where other books crossover effortlessly, the language and feel of this boo
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Oct 05, 2010
Sally
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So this is the second book in the Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve.
The first one was soo good that I'm hoping that this one will meet my high expectations I have of it.
I've started this and I am loving it so far. I love the characters even if some are annoying. It picks up after the last story ends when Tom and Hester are travelling in the Jenny Havener. It is action packed well written with a good story line.
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The first one was soo good that I'm hoping that this one will meet my high expectations I have of it.
I've started this and I am loving it so far. I love the characters even if some are annoying. It picks up after the last story ends when Tom and Hester are travelling in the Jenny Havener. It is action packed well written with a good story line.
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Jan 05, 2011
Suna
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Slightly less thumpingly exciting than the first one and I found it hard to put my finger on why, until I realized it might just be that I am a product of my time, fickle, novelty-driven and jaded.
This is the second book, so I partly knew what to expect. How shallow.
Trust me, I feel bad.
The thing that marred the reading slightly, too, was that I saw the rift between Tom and Hester coming a mile off and was truly upset about it and their subsequent behaviour.
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This is the second book, so I partly knew what to expect. How shallow.
Trust me, I feel bad.
The thing that marred the reading slightly, too, was that I saw the rift between Tom and Hester coming a mile off and was truly upset about it and their subsequent behaviour.
It took a lo More...
Jan 21, 2011
Lady Moorchild
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Like it's predecessor, Mortal Engines, Predator's Gold is fast-paced, with brilliant imagery and quirky characters; science fiction with a touch of British whimsical fantasy. Instead of the dead countryside of Europe, Tom and Hester take to the north in search of life in the supposed dead continent of North America. The novel almost changes protagonists, making Hester the anti-hero. Anything else that can be said about this sequel has already been said in my review of the first. If I have to re
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Dec 10, 2010
Tommy
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The second book in the Hungry City Chronicles. The storyline continues to follow the characters of Tom and Hester and their travels across the framework of an apocalyptic world where cities have become moving entities on platforms. Character development is super strong, and the action sequences are very well-written. The book takes some tremendous twists and turns, with unexpected returns of some characters from the first book. This was a novel I couldn't put down and spend many late nights fini
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Oct 05, 2010
Tom
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Mortal Engines, the first book in this series, was a non-stop thrill ride. Given the high body count and the way in which Reeve killed off so many major characters, it was going to be difficult to come up with a sequel. After all, there were so few characters left at the end of Mortal Engines, who could a sequel be about?
That sequel, Preditor's Gold, answers this question by being less about action and more about relationships. It's an very strange turn-around, with the plot hingi More...
That sequel, Preditor's Gold, answers this question by being less about action and more about relationships. It's an very strange turn-around, with the plot hingi More...
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Apr 05, 2010
Peter
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The series starts well. Hester and Tom have joined togethor to rid London of the tyranneous Mr. Valentine, and succeed with bitter vengeance. As Hester realizes she has destroyed her father, the next chapter begins.
Going deeper, Predators Gold moves into the romance and pain of their lives as they struggle to find a home for themselves. Hunted down by the Green storm however, they find this will be quite impossible.
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Going deeper, Predators Gold moves into the romance and pain of their lives as they struggle to find a home for themselves. Hunted down by the Green storm however, they find this will be quite impossible.
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Apr 24, 2011
AH
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Predator’s Gold is another solid book in Philip Reeve’s Hungry City Chronicles. The story of Tom and Hester continues two years after the events of Mortal Engines.
If you haven’t had a chance to read these books, you are definitely missing out on a truly fantastic read. Mr. Reeve creates an inventive world full of hungry cities that roam their “hunting grounds” eating up smaller cities, towns, and settlements. The author calls this process Municipal Darwinis More...
Predator’s Gold is another solid book in Philip Reeve’s Hungry City Chronicles. The story of Tom and Hester continues two years after the events of Mortal Engines.
If you haven’t had a chance to read these books, you are definitely missing out on a truly fantastic read. Mr. Reeve creates an inventive world full of hungry cities that roam their “hunting grounds” eating up smaller cities, towns, and settlements. The author calls this process Municipal Darwinis More...
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Apr 30, 2011
Noor
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Predator's Gold is the sequel to Philip Reeve's brilliant sf/fantasy adventure, Mortal Engines. Its set in a post-apocalyptic world in which tractionism has evolved cities into huge mobile polities that prey on smaller towns and villages; quite literally survival of the fittest. In Predator's Gold, Tom Natsworthy and his disfigured girlfriend Hester flee from the destruction of London aboard the dead aviatrix, Anna Fang's airship. They are pursued by mysterious marauders the Green Storm and take
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Feb 12, 2010
Fiona
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Predator's God is the sequel to Mortal Engines which I read last year. I'm starting to think that this is going to become one of my favourite series.
Once again we are following the story of Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw, two years after we left them behind in Mortal Engines. Reeve's world is both imaginative but totally believable.
It is set some thousands of years in the future, in a time where we have destroyed our natural world and people now exist on large monstrous More...
Once again we are following the story of Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw, two years after we left them behind in Mortal Engines. Reeve's world is both imaginative but totally believable.
It is set some thousands of years in the future, in a time where we have destroyed our natural world and people now exist on large monstrous More...
Aug 16, 2010
Warnie B.
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Definitely a great adventure story. I think my favorite thing about this series is the fact that the characters are...well, messy. They feel real in that they make big mistakes sometimes, and then have to deal with the consequences, no matter how horrifying. And sometimes the consequences ARE horrifying. It's somewhat rare to see this sort of behavior in characters written for a teen audience; I really like it that Reeve hasn't made his characters or plots all neat and tidy so as to avoid offend
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Apr 07, 2009
Jjen
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This book isn't quite as good as the first one but it has the addition of my one of my favourite characters, Professor Pennyroyal. He made me laugh a lot. It wasn't quite as action packed as I would have liked (I do love explosions a lot), but the new characters introduced are definitely entertaining. The entire series is completely bizarre and wonderful, I would recommend it to anyone. Though one of the things I don't like is the book titles. I don't know, they just sound a bit corny.
