Night Flights

Night Flights
Author Philip Reeve
Illustrator Ian McQue
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Mortal Engines
Genre Young adult
Steampunk
Bildungsroman
post-Apocalytpic fiction
Science fiction
Publisher Scholastic
Publication date
 5 July 2018
Media type Print (paperback and hardcover)
Pages 208
ISBN 1338289705
OCLC 1043938499
Followed by Mortal Engines
Website www.philip-reeve.com/night-flights

Night Flights is a science fiction book and a prequel to the Mortal Engines Quartet.[1] The book was written by British author Philip Reeve and published on 5 July 2018.[2][3] It is a tie-in for the upcoming Peter Jackson-produced film Mortal Engines.[4][5]

Setting

The book is set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a "Sixty Minute War", which caused massive geological upheaval.

The book is a prequel before the events of Mortal Engines and centers on Anna Fang before she meets Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw.[4] Night Flights documents three events in Anna's life as 3 vignettes.[5][6]

Plot

Vignette 1 - Frozen Heart

Anna Fang, a thrall in Arkangel, spots two Jeunot-Carot engine-pods and plans her escape. She steals them and successfully uses them to escape.

Vignette 2 - Traction City Blues

An adolescent Anna lands in London to try and obtain a powerful weapon.

Vignette 3 - Teeth of the Sea

Anna, now part of the Anti-Traction League, sets out to deal with Raft Cities, variation of Traction cities that float in the oceans. Her first act was to blow up the city of Marseilles. Later, Anna takes on a mission in Palau Pinang. Her target was the Sultana. The Sultana had allowed the island to be a refueling station for raft cities, a form of traction cities. Anna killed the Sultana by snapping her neck. This was considered somewhat barbaric.[7][8]

Development

Philip Reeve was inspired to write Night Flights after meeting Jihae Kim, the actress for Anna Fang in the Mortal Engines.[9]

Reception

Night Flights has a score of 4.28 out of 5 on Goodreads, as of September 24, 2018.[10]

Kirkus Reviews say it has "Solid storytelling with engrossing adventures... sic [and]... fans will be grateful for a firsthand account from the elusive character herself."[11]

The Times praised the book, calling it "a beautifully written and illustrated expansion of a killer character".[8]

References

  1. ↑ Media, Ian Forster @ Sparkly. "Philip Reeve". www.philip-reeve.com. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  2. ↑ https://www.fantasticfiction.com, webmaster@fantasticfiction.com -. "Night Flights (Predator Cities / Mortal Engines, book 5) by Philip Reeve". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Night Flights: A Mortal Engines Collection". www.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  4. 1 2 "Scholastic Revs Up 'Mortal Engines' with Movie Tie-ins". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  5. 1 2 "↠ Night Flights by Philip Reeve - A Mortal Engines prequel featuring Anna Fang". www.mortalenginesmovie.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Philip Reeve on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  7. ↑ Night Flights: A Mortal Engines Collection | Teenreads.
  8. 1 2 O’Connell, Alex (2018-07-21). "Review: Night Flights by Philip Reeve". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  9. ↑ Media, Ian Forster @ Sparkly. "Philip Reeve". www.philip-reeve.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  10. ↑ "Night Flights". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  11. ↑ NIGHT FLIGHTS by Philip Reeve , Ian McQue | Kirkus Reviews.


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