When Tom and Hester's scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, they seek sanctuary in the speeding ice city of Anchorage. But it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague and haunted by ghosts, Anchorage is heading for the Dead Continent...
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Predator's Gold is the stunning sequel to the award-winning Mortal Engines and, incredibly, it is just as exciting and page-turning as its predecessor. Reeve's further stories of cities on wheels, flying over a ravaged future Earth are compelling--complete with characters that you care passionately for, action that leaves you lost for words and inventiveness that takes some beating.
Two years after their escape aboard the airship (the Jenny Haniver) at the end of Mortal Engines, Tom and Hester, now lovers, find themselves the twin objects of attention of a terrorist organisation called Green Storm. In the misguided belief that the grotesquely incomplete preserved body of their hero, Anna Fang, can be resurrected to ensure their anti-traction goals, they cite Tom and Hester as essential capture targets.
But when they take shelter aboard the once-magnificent city of Anchorage, after a bruising air battle with some of Green Storm's gun ships, Tom and Hester encounter a whole new set of problems. This prestigious ice city is heading disastrously towards America, the fabled Dead continent, under the guidance of the fraudulent explorer Pennyroyal. There is danger everywhere and the travellers must be careful to survive.
Sequels can sometimes disappoint, but the eagerly awaited Predator's Gold cannot be faulted. Reeve's exemplary novel has the depth to satisfy the most literary and demanding readers, and yet his story delivers enough verve and white-knuckle drama to keep the lighter readers well-served too. Neither is it a slight to describe this novel as full of old-fashioned adventure--because there is something reassuringly familiar about its accessibility. It has a whiff of the classic about it and that is certainly no bad thing. (Recommended for ages 10 and over.) --John McLay --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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. Read the first page
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Mortal Engines was one of the best books that I have ever read but this was even better! Five stars is just not enough. I read this to my eight year old son, although it is actually teen fiction. He just couldn't get enough of it and would volunteer to go to bed early if I would read one chapter instead of two. Meanwhile my 13 year old daughter was waiting for her turn, and read it in a day.
I can't begin to outline the story line but if youv'e read Mortal Engines you will know about the strange future world in which it is set, where some cities are mobile and 'eat' other cities, recycling their building materials and enslaving the inhabitants. Pretators Gold introduces the characters of Caul (an Oliver Twist of the future)and Freya (the young orphaned ruler of Anchorage).
This is a rare modern adventure story that will appeal to girls as well as boys. With an non-soppy heroine who is not so strong that she doesn't let jealousy get the better of her. A hero who kills because he has to but has tremendous self doubt. And fantastical future world thought out in every detail.This far far more imaginative than Harry Potter. Buy it for everyone you know - adults as well as children.
I can't begin to outline the story line but if youv'e read Mortal Engines you will know about the strange future world in which it is set, where some cities are mobile and 'eat' other cities, recycling their building materials and enslaving the inhabitants. Pretators Gold introduces the characters of Caul (an Oliver Twist of the future)and Freya (the young orphaned ruler of Anchorage).
This is a rare modern adventure story that will appeal to girls as well as boys. With an non-soppy heroine who is not so strong that she doesn't let jealousy get the better of her. A hero who kills because he has to but has tremendous self doubt. And fantastical future world thought out in every detail.This far far more imaginative than Harry Potter. Buy it for everyone you know - adults as well as children.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By albaldrewy
Format:Hardcover
As good as mortal engeins, which is an amazing acheivement in it's self this is the sequel to mortal engeins so make sure you've read mortal engines first. this book continues with tom and hesters adventure this time in the north where citys have adapted and attatched skis!!! I Won't give away the story line but i will say it is a brilliant read 10/10
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Ben
Format:Hardcover
After resding and enjoying Philip Reeves' debut novel, the brilliant Mortal Engines, I was over the moon when I found that there was a sequel, but was slightly weary about being disappointed as it had so much to live up to. Thankfully Predators Gold is just as good and possibly even better, it's fantastical, clever and superbly written. Philip Reeves' narration and storytelling are wonderful and sometimes even quite moving.
The story starts with the two heroes from Mortal Engines, the brave and well mannered Lodon boy Tom Natsworthy and his fierce and hideously deformed friend Hester Shaw. Trouble starts when they pick up a tricky passenger by the name of Professor Pennyroyal, a respectable author who claims to have founded America. Things go from bad to worse as the ship (The Jenny Haniver) is shot at and is severely damaged. The crew, Hester, Tom and Pennyroyal escape on to a ruination of a city covered in ice and there they met the beautiful queen Frea. I won't tel you anymore because I don't want to spoil it! I will tell you that it includes betrayal, old enemies, kidnap, rescue, menacing machines, crooked gangs and some startling revelations. Predators Gold is a great book!
The story starts with the two heroes from Mortal Engines, the brave and well mannered Lodon boy Tom Natsworthy and his fierce and hideously deformed friend Hester Shaw. Trouble starts when they pick up a tricky passenger by the name of Professor Pennyroyal, a respectable author who claims to have founded America. Things go from bad to worse as the ship (The Jenny Haniver) is shot at and is severely damaged. The crew, Hester, Tom and Pennyroyal escape on to a ruination of a city covered in ice and there they met the beautiful queen Frea. I won't tel you anymore because I don't want to spoil it! I will tell you that it includes betrayal, old enemies, kidnap, rescue, menacing machines, crooked gangs and some startling revelations. Predators Gold is a great book!
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Terrific read
Philip Reeve is a wonderful wrtier, his style full of verve, his imagination fresh and stimulating. A terrific read for all ages. Strongly recommended!
Published 7 days ago by Anne L.
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Great story well told
This is just a great story what can I say?
I think it's aimed at the young adult teenage reader but really if you love fantasy, steam punk, science fiction , whatever you will... Read more
I think it's aimed at the young adult teenage reader but really if you love fantasy, steam punk, science fiction , whatever you will... Read more
Published 18 days ago by val reilly
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amazing
I baught this for my son (12) and he cant put the book down. i would deffinatley recomend this book to any who likes adventure!
Published 27 days ago by Marvelous Mum
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Excellent
Kept me gripped as have all of the books on the series would
Recommend to anyone. Can't wait to start the next
Recommend to anyone. Can't wait to start the next
Published 1 month ago by Ms. Alexandra C. Page
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good sequel
This was a good sequel to Mortal Engines. It had the same edge of you seat scenes and you were willing Tom to find Hester.
Published 4 months ago by K. Flynn
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Captivating!
I read this in almost one sitting, constant action and cliff hangers keep you reading! As good if not better than Mortal Engines!
Published 4 months ago by AviatoR
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Great book
This was a really great book and I cannot wait read the next one in the series the next one should be fun
Published 4 months ago by Vanessa Wilson
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Another successful page turner in the exquisite series of mortal...
A combination of rich imagination and powerfully storytelling .It's impossible not to enjoy these books with their elaborate characters and the intricate , futuristic , post... Read more
Published 4 months ago by a greengrass
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Outstanding adventure
involving and intriguing from the first page (the queen with the dead servants) to the last (sighting American land). Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. M. Jones
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Not as good as the first.
In the wake of the destruction of london hester and tom are fleeing for there lives from the Green Storm, the new extremist anti traction league. Read more
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