A Darkling Plain
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Our view
“A Darkling Plain” brings Philip Reeve’s “Mortal Engines Quartet” to a moving, fully earned close. In a far-future world still scarred by an ancient catastrophe, the author gathers his many characters one last time for a dark, tense story of war. Every plot thread is tied off with care, though some readers feel it leans on coincidence to bring the characters together. Read it only after the three earlier books.
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About the book
A Darkling Plain is the fourth and final novel in the Mortal Engines Quartet series, written by British author Philip Reeve.
Reading order · Mortal Engines Quartet
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7.87.8 / 10 - A Darkling PlainThis book
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 78 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 35% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 78 | 100% |
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