Risultati per "Philip Reeve" in Fantasy

London is hunting again. Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City is chasing a terrified little town across the wastelands. Soon London will feed. In the attack, Tom Natsworthy is flung from the speeding city with a murderous scar-faced girl. They must run for their lives through the wreckage -- and face a terrifying new weapon that threatens the future of the world.

With the great Traction City of London completely destroyed, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw travel across the world, trading with other airships and adventuring on the exciting and exotic routes of the Bird Roads. When their little scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, the ice city of Anchorage offers them sanctuary.

London is a radioactive ruin. But Tom and Wren discover that the old predator city hides an awesome secret that could bring an end to the war. But as they risk their lives in its dark underbelly, time is running out. Alone and far away, Hester faces a fanatical enemy who possesses the weapons and the will to destroy the entire human race.

When the festive season arrives at Larklight, so does some unsettling news. A sinister-looking cloud is fast approaching the outskirts of the Known Universe. The closest planet, Georgium Sidus, has but two human inhabitants: the missionary Rev. Cruet and his daughter Charity. Their most recent...

Tom y Hester están en un vertedero helado esperando a la muerte tras un fallo en los motores de la Jenny Haniver. Pero, en el último momento, los dos darán con Anchorage, una ciudad de hielo que habría sucumbido tiempo atrás.

Londres es una ciudad sobre ruedas: una ciudad como nunca habías visto. Tras la terrible Guerra de los Sesenta Minutos, las ciudades que sobrevivieron al apocalipsis se convirtieron en depredadoras, persiguiendo a ciudades menores y alimentándose de ellas. Londres es una de ellas y se encuentra a la caza de una pequeña urbe, cuando Tom se topa con una joven asesina. Ambos acabarán en la Región Exterior, un páramo desolador marcado por las huellas de las ciudades ambulantes.

La hija de Tom y Hester, Wren, anhela huir de la monotonía de Anchorage. Está sedienta de aventura. Cuando un pirata submarino peligrosamente encantador le ofrece una oportunidad para escapar, Wren no lo duda ni un instante. Pero el pirata quiere algo a cambio: Wren debe robar el misterioso Libro de Hojalata, y hacerlo acarreará consecuencias que podrían destruir la paz...