Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

3 new from CDN$ 45.39
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Fever Crumb
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Fever Crumb (Paperback)

by Philip Reeve (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Available from these sellers.


3 new from CDN$ 45.39

Product Details

Product Description

Product Description

The author of the best-selling and critically beloved "Mortal Engines" quartet has written a stunning, stand-alone prequel. "Fever Crumb" is set many generations before the events of "Mortal Engines", whose brilliantly-imagined world massive, predatory Traction Cities chase and devour each other. Now London is a static, overcrowded, riot-torn powerhouse that hides an explosive secret. Is Fever, adopted daughter of Dr Crumb, the strange key that will unlock its dangerous mysteries?

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
5.0 out of 5 stars Strong fourth book in series, Oct 22 2009
By Peter Tyrrell "Peaeater" (Victoria, BC Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Fever Crumb (Prequel) (Hardcover)
This is a strong fourth book in an already delightful series. I couldn't wait for the Canadian release so I had a copy shipped from the UK, and it was well worth the effort.

What Philip Reeve is really good at is working fresh and inventive ideas into a well-known genre, so that while I'm drawn to the post-high-tech-apocalypse setting for its own sake, I'm constantly grinning at his artistry. He has some just wild standalone hi-tech ideas (e.g. the paperboys), but is also able to make clichéd scenarios all new: wait until you read the "car chase" scene.

As in the previous three books, he does not shirk from creating morally difficult characters, which is unusual in books for teens period, let alone science fiction. He is also not afraid to let characters die, not necessarily heroically. It adds a heap of satisfying intellectual and emotional reality to an already believable and seductive storyline.

This is a prequel, and there's a certain amount of it dedicated to backstory that sheds light on characters and events in the other books, but not in a domineering way, and you could read this book first without having read the others, no problem.

If you liked the first three, you'll love this, and if you didn't like the first three, nothing will convince you.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject






i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.