Dead engine

Author: Philip Reeve
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book tells an exciting fantasy story that is full of traditional concepts and moral metaphors, constructing a futuristic vision of a city moving across the Earth, devouring other cities and towns along the way. The Labyrinth of Time won the "Nestlé Smarties Book Award" (Gold Award) in 2002 and was nominated for the "Whitbread Children's Book Award," a brilliant and stunning new work by an extraordinary author. It takes us to a world where to survive, all cities must uproot themselves. On a dark, windy afternoon in spring, London is crossing the dried-up North Sea and chasing a small mining town. London is on the move again. For a long time, this city has been hiding in the mountains, avoiding the pursuit of larger, faster, and hungrier cities in the great hunting ground. When things take a sinister turn within the city, it begins to chase its prey. The young female assassin Hester Shaw tracks her target across the city. Her actions are hindered by the young apprentice Tom. Tom eventually gets caught up in a real adventure. His reckless intervention traps him and the female assassin in a vast mudflat, and Catherine, a girl brought up in luxury within the city, also gets involved. Almost overnight, she seems to have grown up. On a dark, windy afternoon in spring, London is crossing the dried-up North Sea and chasing a small mining town. In its earlier, happier days, London would never have taken such a weak prey into account.