A Web of Air is the sequel to Fever Crumb

Fever Crumb

Fever Crumb is the prequel to the Mortal Engines Quartet by Philip Reeve, released in 2009. A sequel called A Web of Air was released in April 2010.-Plot synopsis:...

, and the second book in the Mortal Engines Quartet prequel series. It was released in April 2010.

Information

The story is set two years after the events of Fever Crumb, and Fever will be the main character again. It is likely that The Nomad Wars play a part in the book as well.

According to Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel.-Biography:...

on the official Philip Reeve website, it will be set in a harbour city called Mayda, built inside an old impact crater somewhere off the coast of Portugal. Apparently there will be mutant seagulls, would-be aëronauts, and spies and assassins.

Philip Reeve then goes on to say that if she survives he hopes to send her to places such as Nuevo Maya and Australia; as he never got time to explore them in the original quartet.

Synopsis

The clever young engineer, Fever Crumb, is swept up in a race to build a flying machine. Her mysterious companion is a boy who talks to Angels. Powerful enemies will kill to possess their new technology-or to destroy it.

A Web of Air is the sequel to Fever Crumb, the story set centuries before Mortal Engines that tells how great cities begin to build giant engines to make their first predatory journeys across the wastelands. It is set in Mayda, a city established in an atomic bomb crater off of mainland Portugal.

Characters

• Fever Crumb
• Arlo Thursday
• Edgar Saraband
• Jago Belkin
• Thirza Belkin
• Dr. Gideon Crumb
• Wavey Godshawk