Fever Crumb is the first book of the prequel quartet. It is set a few hundred years before the rest of the Mortal Engines series, though it is still over two thousand years in the future from today. It is set in London, England.
This book follows the life of Fever Crumb, an orphan and the only female Engineer, a secretive group of scientists who try to recreate the wonders from before the Sixty Minute War, the American Empire against Greater China. After this war many things were lost to time, though most things can be found, they cannot be recreated. The Engineers are trying to remake the technological wonders from over three hundred years ago.
Fever Crumb, a very rational girl of about 20, lives in Godshawk's Head. She has different coloured eyes and no hair. She was found in a basket with a sign saying 'HER NAME IS FEVER'. After being found by an Engineer with the surname of 'Crumb,' Fever was called that. A man by the name of Kit Solent requests her to do a favour.
The Scriven were mutants from the freezing north, many having spots on them along with other minor mutations. They invaded London and declared themselves 'Homo Superiors.' However, they all died out, one of the last to die being Godshawk himself, a scientist who came very close to remaking the wonders of the Ancients. Due to this invasion of London ending less than forty years ago, seeing any minor mutation will more than likely get you killed by Londoners. After getting beat over having a green and blue eyes, Kit Solent finds Dr. Crmub before she is killed and only is a small bit beaten by the crowd.
Kit Solent wanted Fever's help as he had found ruins and he wanted to know if she could open the gate into it, as he had only managed to get the first one open. From there the story escalates rapidly, a main plot idea being the Skinners, a nearly dead organisation who kill and skin mutants, though only the spotty Scriven they skin.
The book is well written and references the previous sequel books in every way possible while being realistic, even though there are hundreds of years between them. I would rate this book with an 9.5/10, the last 0.5 being dropped from the confusing ending, though it is well explained in the next book. ~ Cian Perill ~
RATING: 9.5/10
This book follows the life of Fever Crumb, an orphan and the only female Engineer, a secretive group of scientists who try to recreate the wonders from before the Sixty Minute War, the American Empire against Greater China. After this war many things were lost to time, though most things can be found, they cannot be recreated. The Engineers are trying to remake the technological wonders from over three hundred years ago.
Fever Crumb, a very rational girl of about 20, lives in Godshawk's Head. She has different coloured eyes and no hair. She was found in a basket with a sign saying 'HER NAME IS FEVER'. After being found by an Engineer with the surname of 'Crumb,' Fever was called that. A man by the name of Kit Solent requests her to do a favour.
The Scriven were mutants from the freezing north, many having spots on them along with other minor mutations. They invaded London and declared themselves 'Homo Superiors.' However, they all died out, one of the last to die being Godshawk himself, a scientist who came very close to remaking the wonders of the Ancients. Due to this invasion of London ending less than forty years ago, seeing any minor mutation will more than likely get you killed by Londoners. After getting beat over having a green and blue eyes, Kit Solent finds Dr. Crmub before she is killed and only is a small bit beaten by the crowd.
Kit Solent wanted Fever's help as he had found ruins and he wanted to know if she could open the gate into it, as he had only managed to get the first one open. From there the story escalates rapidly, a main plot idea being the Skinners, a nearly dead organisation who kill and skin mutants, though only the spotty Scriven they skin.
The book is well written and references the previous sequel books in every way possible while being realistic, even though there are hundreds of years between them. I would rate this book with an 9.5/10, the last 0.5 being dropped from the confusing ending, though it is well explained in the next book. ~ Cian Perill ~
RATING: 9.5/10