Predator's Gold
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Our view
“Predator’s Gold” widens the world of the “Mortal Engines Quartet” in an entertaining second volume. Tom and Hester come upon Anchorage, a city on the ice, and much of what follows prepares the ground for the later books. Some readers find the young pair’s all-or-nothing feelings true to that age; others are frustrated that the heroes are so often rescued instead of acting, or feel too many plotlines are packed into its length.
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About the book
Predator's Gold, the second book in the Mortal Engines Quartet series, is a young-adult science fiction novel written by Philip Reeve and published in 2003. In the book, Tom and Hester stumble across the ice raft of Anchorage.
Reading order · Mortal Engines Quartet
Full order & progress →- Mortal EnginesStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - Predator's GoldThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Infernal Devices
7.87.8 / 10 - A Darkling Plain
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 167 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 53% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 7 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 160 | 96% |
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