Mortal Engines: Hidden Lightning

"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 "What really keeps you reading, though, is the pace and lightness. The writing is replete with jokes and funny turns of phrase... and eccentric names like Oddington Doom. Reeve's own enjoyment as a writer is palpable." - The I "Reeve's great creation... fizzes with a propulsive energy, humour and contemporary familiarity that is appealing to both adults and teenagers alike." - The I A brand new epic, thrilling, action-packed city-eat-city adventure in the iconic and globally bestselling series - celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026! Brave fighter Tamzin Pook and her friends cross the Haunted Sea to the Dead Continent, formerly America, where an unexpected encounter will lead them to an equally unexpected, and distant, frontier... Meanwhile, Strega is sowing discontent in Thorbury, leading Helen Angmering to unleash an assassin after her brother Max... all the players on this epic Mortal Engines stage unite for a heart-stopping ending - don't miss this final book in the globally bestselling, modern classic, magnificent series. Page-turning, witty, astonishingly imaginative storytelling from a writer at the top of his game. The Mortal Engines series has sold over half a million copies in the UK alone via Nielsen Bookscan. Its epic appeal crosses all age ranges Reeve’s novels have won the Guardian Children’s Award, Blue Peter Award, Smarties Gold Prize and the Carnegie Medal. Mortal Engines is a blockbuster feature film produced by Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson