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A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines Quartet) (Hardcover)

by Philip Reeve (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic (20 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0439949971
  • ISBN-13: 978-0439949972
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 5.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 195,440 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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DARKLING PLAIN is the final instalment in Philip Reeve's gripping quartet which includes MORTAL ENGINES, PREDATOR'S GOLD and INFERNAL DEVICES. Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, this is a thrilling adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe.

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It's six months after the tumultuous events on Brighton, and Wren Natsworthy and her father Tom have taken to the skies in their airship, The Jenny Haniver. Wren is enjoying life as an aviatrix but Tom is troubled by matters of the heart - Hester's disappearance, and the old wound caused by Pennyroyal's bullet. Until a fluke encounter with a familiar face sets him thinking about the ruins of London and the possibility of going back...

Meanwhile the fragile truce between the Green Storm and the Traction Cities splinters and hostility breaks out again. Events are set on a collision course as things end where they began, with London...

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The last of a series. The birth of a classic, 27 Sep 2006
This is the last volume of the series that began with Mortal Engines, and marks the conclusion of an epic and brilliantly told story. I think it's also the best of the four books, and one of the best books I've ever read.

Philip Reeve rights beautifully and with a light touch: there are moments of really lovely and original descriptive writing here. The characters are complex and real, and you care a lot about what happens to them.

The story is cracking: it is very fast paced, and sometimes almost too exciting. It all takes place in a supremely well created world.

The final chapters are heartbreaking. I was really sad that the book had finished, but I will remember this book for a long time, and I think it will be read with pleasure by many people in this and future generations. A genuine classic.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent finish, 24 Mar 2006
By rubbah "rubbah" (Hertfordshire) - See all my reviews
This is the best out of the whole series. The second and the third had made me start to go off them and I only bought the book to complete the series. However this one was really good. The traction cities and the green storm are fighting more after stalker fang's death(who unknown to all has been resurectted by the lost boy, fishcake.) and Hester Shaw is still missing. Tom and Wren have been travelling in the 6 months since the experiences at Brighton and are surprised when Tom sees someone he recognises from London, of which he was the only survivor. They join a mission with the son of a traction town mayor and travell back to London, to look for more survivors... I'm not going to say more than that but it is really good and lots of stuff happens. Everything flows and there is not one boring moment. It finishes with all the ends tied up and you are left satisfied, but still thinking about it long after you have put it down.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a good ending to an excellent series, 21 Feb 2006
By Simon A. Wright "simonandsuewright" (manchester;england) - See all my reviews
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This is the last of the 4 novels of the traction cities quartet.As with all the rest it's very inventive and exciting.The characters are believable and continue to grow throughout the book and series.
The ending of the book/series is effective and neither mawkish nor contrived.
Overall highly recommended both individually and as a series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars my reveiw for mr B
a darkling plain is definitely a very stunningly imagined book. i'm still not sure how philip reeve ever came up with the idea which he so vividly describes. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. T. C. Andrews

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic end to the series
I just finished reading this book to my son (now twelve) last night. We read the final four chapters in one go, and by the end I could hardly keep my voice even enough to read out... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. S. R. Wray

5.0 out of 5 stars good ending- but i cant tell you what it is
great book and great end to the mortal engines quartet. Not quite as good as the first or second but that might just be me
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4.0 out of 5 stars A mature end to the series
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Published 16 months ago by Sally Jarvis

5.0 out of 5 stars And now the end is near....
This, as you will have gathered, is the last in the Mortal Engines quartet.
Knowing that this was the last one, made me want to go slow and savour each line of Reeves's... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Physics Geek

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best books i have ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this book in my opinion is the best in the quartet and provides a chalenging but fun read for teens. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. A. D. Chownsmith

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Very Good- but somewhat familiar
The problem I have with the Mortal Engines Quartet is that I read Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy first. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Pufflehuff

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
This quartet is an amazing achievement. I was worried that the last volume wouldn't live up to the previous three, but it did. Read more
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