There are 5 books in the Mortal Engines series. The newest book is Thunder City which came out in 2024.

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Mortal Engines

Book cover of Mortal Engines
"A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading this book we knew we wanted to make it into a movie." -- Producer Peter Jackson

* "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review…
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Predator's Gold

Book cover of Predator's Gold
The second book in the award-winning Mortal Engines
quartet.
Far above Anchorage, a tiny aircraft falls from the sky.

Having fled from London in Mortal Engines, Tom and Hester
seek refuge in a city devastated by plague, haunted by ghosts,
and filled with deadly secrets...



Mortal Engines launched Philip Reeve's…

3
Infernal Devices

Book cover of Infernal Devices
The third thrilling book in the award-winning MORTAL ENGINES quartet.

In a world removed from the huge motorized cities of MORTAL ENGINES,
Wren is desperate to escape the static city of Anchorage, and
a charming submarine pirate is ready to help her. But when she steals
a mysterious object, she…

4
A Darkling Plain

Book cover of A Darkling Plain
'A Darkling Plain' is the brilliant ending to an award-winning quartet that began with 'Mortal Engines'. It is six months after the tumultuous events on Brighton. Wren Natsworthy and her father have taken to the skies in their airship, the Jenny Haniver. Tom is troubled by Hester's disappearance and meanwhile…

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Thunder City

Book cover of Thunder City
"My favourite contemporary children's author is Philip Reeve"
- Charlie Higson
Like all Reeve's books, this is thrilling, witty and full of
heart" - The I
An epic, thrilling, action-packed city-eat-city adventure
starring brave fighter Tamzin Pook, who must travel
from the spectator sport combat arena in Margate to the…