MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged with a fantastic and eye-catching cover featuring new artwork. In the second brilliant installment of Philip Reeve's award-winning quartet, Tom and Hester's airship is drifting over the vast Ice Wastes, crippled by the fanatical aviators of the Anti-Tractionists. The fast-moving ice city of Anchorage offers sanctuary. But it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague and haunted by ghosts, Anchorage is heading for the Dead Continent of America...