Author: philipreeve

A “richly, vigorously, and wittily imagined” story (The Washington Post) with over 4,600 five-star ratings on Goodreads: In a dystopian wasteland where monstrous mobile cities roam free, apprentice Tom begins a life-changing adventure. “Brilliant… Offers new wonders at every turn” (Publishers Weekly).

Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it … it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they discover when their guest arrives, and a Dreadful and Terrifying (and Marvellous) adventure begins. It takes them to the furthest…