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Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles)
by Philip Reeve
Virginia's review
Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles) by Philip Reeve
Virginia's review
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In this dystopian future, cities roll about on huge wheels, consuming smaller cities under a policy known as Municipal Darwinism. In this first entry in the Hungry Cities Chronicles, four teenagers from different backgrounds try to stop the mobile city of London from unleashing a super weapon made with technology from an earlier time. The depiction of a convincing alternate universe is artful; the characters unfortunately remain somewhat two-dimensional.
