Mortal Engines

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BOOK ONE OF THE HUNGRY CITY CHRONICLES:
#1 MORTAL ENGINES; #2 PREDATOR'S GOLD;
#3 INFERNAL DEVICES; #4 A DARKLING PLAIN







Mortal Engines

Written by Philip Reeve
Published by Scholastic Inc.
293 Pages



Blogger’s note

It’s AWESOME!!! I love it man! It’s just the remedy for Sci-Fi/ Fantasy lovers with a smudge of romance. Although the writing style is not all that wacky, but has another essence of humor of its own. It is a great story. It’s one of those books that can raise your spirits up and a contentment that you can only get after reading or watching a great book or movie. There's a way that you can bond with the characters of a book. I don't really feel that these days but I felt that in this book. A sense of belonging and satisfactory that is so rare these days. And finally, a not all too perfect or beautiful character in this story! I’m been finding vampire stories stack with characters that are all too good to be true and I admit that I’m a little sick of it. No offense intended for Twilight fans. A definite 5/5 for this one. :) []

Synopsis

After the Sixty Minute War, due to geological changes, cities are forced to be motorized. Cities eat towns and towns eat villages and villages eat static settlements..... So, the story is in the far future (duh). Tom is just a second level Historian working in the museum of London. And the chugging of machines and everything just seem so fine to him. It was simply awesome! And there's a catch!! London has caught a catch! It had been so long!! Tom was like CRAZY AND Laughing and Crying; But it comes with a price. He was involved in a fight and skipped his duties and was punished to go to the lowest tier. There he met the local hero that he looked upon -- Mr Valentine. Everything seems too perfect to be true and it was Katherine, Mr Valentine's daughter, she was so beautiful and kind.... Suddenly, a girl with copper brown hair lunged out and attempted to kill Mr Valentine. Tom rushed forward and protected Mr Valentine. However, when the girl revealed her identity, Mr Valentine was positive to make sure the witness does not live to tell it. And so, he pushed Tom down the chute where the girl had jumped a few seconds ago in vain to save herself. Soon, Tom found himself in the wild barrens where there is hardly ANYTHING with the assassin whom was flawed, hurt and scarred, Hester Shaw. Back to London, Miss Katherine Valentine was searching for Tom when her evidence pointed her father in a very different light and she suspected that her father was not the great person she though he was.

A fantastic tale of 4 teens in saving their love ones and making sacrifices to save the world from the Medusa. The secret and ultimate weapon. A destroyer. []