Mortal Engines

Mortal Engines
Novel, First published: 2001, By Philip Reeve, Completed: 11/10/09

Mortal Engines is set in post prophetic Earth, after an event known as the ‘Sixty arcsecond War’. Despite being in the future technology is an interesting mix of old and juvenile, manly developed from fragments of ‘ gray-headed Tech’. Because of the seismic and volcanic activity caused by the war many of the remaining towns and cities deliver been transformed into ‘Traction Cities’ which forever move on giant caterpillar tracks and devour otherwise towns and cities. The story revolves around a third class prentice of the Guild of Historians, living on capital of the United Kingdom, named gobbler Natsworthy who was orphaned at a young age. Soon Tom has leftfield London and is travelling through the ‘Out-Country’, a desolate waste left after the ‘Sixty Minute War’, with a miss named Hester Shaw. Tom is then thrust into many adventures in which he discovers that the ‘Anti-Traction League’, a group of people whop have settled back into static towns and cities, are not as bad as they are said to be by people of the traction cities.



When Tom discovers that London has resurrected an ancient publicize weapon from the ‘Sixty Minute War’ and is coming to overthrow the ‘Anti-Traction League’ stronghold, Batmunkh Gompa, he sets out again to help Hester strike back her family that was murdered for the weapon and in turn help demean the weapon.

The story is told in 3rd person, manly following Tom Natsworthy on his adventures. This perspective helps us see the cultural differences amidst Tractionists and Anti-tractionists as Tom has spent all his life on London and has been brought up to believe that anti-tractionists are wild, barbaric people. and as the novel progresses he is forced to take a hard look at his beliefs in light of the new information he has discovered, as his best friend, Hester Shaw, is an anti-tractionist. ‘It was beautiful....If you want to turn back a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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