Philip Reeve

Larklight, or the Revenge of the White Spiders! or to Saturn's Rings and Back! is a young adult novel by author Philip Reeve. Illustrated by David Wyatt, it is the first book in the Larklight Trilogy. Larklight is a space opera set in an alternate Victorian era, in which mankind has been exploring the solar system for …

Mortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's quartet of the same name. The book focuses on a futuristic, steampunk version of London, now a giant machine striving to survive on a world running out of resources. The book has won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread …

Predator's Gold is the second of four novels in Philip Reeve's series for young adults, the Mortal Engines Quartet.

Zen Starling is a petty thief from the filthy streets of Thunder City who aimlessly rides the rails of the Network. When the mysterious stranger Raven offers Zen a chance to escape the squalor of the city and live the rest of the day in luxury, Zen can't believe his luck. But the offer just might bring everything in …

Scrivener's Moon is the sequel to A Web of Air, and the third book in the Mortal Engines Quartet prequel series. It was released in April 2011.

Art and his family are invited on a fantastic free holiday to the exotic Asteroid Belt, in a remote part of space near Mars. Taking the train, they arrive to discover that nothing is quite as it seems - the hotel slips curiously back and forth through time, and the guests behave rather strangely too. What is behind …

What happens after the adventure of a lifetime? For Zen, it's a safe, comfortable life of luxury. But it's not what Zen wants. He misses the thrill of riding the rails, of dodging danger, and of breathing the air of different planets. Most of all of course he misses Nova, lost to him forever in a distant world. But …