About+Mortal+Engines

[|Mortal Engines] is a fiction novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. The western world as we know it has been largely destroyed as a result of a Sixty-Minute War, and in order to survive, cities have been converted to Traction Cities which roam around the Hunting Ground searching for resources. It's a city-eat-city world in these times of scarce resources, and under the code of Municipal Darwinism, larger and more powerful cities, such as the great city of London, prey on the smaller and weaker towns.

The novel follows the story of Apprentice Historian Tom Natsworthy and would-be Assassin Hester Shaw as they struggle against the powers at play to prevent another disaster of Apocalyptic proportions.

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