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Mortal Engines Book 4: A Darkling Plain

AuthorPhilip Reeve

NarratorBarnaby Edwards

SeriesMortal Engines, Book 4

Duration15h 38m

CategoriesChildren's Fiction

Key StageKS3

PublisherScholastic Audio

VersionUnabridged

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The final book of the thrilling Predator Cities series! 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. The final book in the Predator Cities series, Philip Reeve's A Darkling Plain is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

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