Reeve spent more than ten years on Mortal Engines.

This leads to thousands of words of rough draft material being abandoned - even entire novels, such as with Fever Crumb and Mortal Engines.

Mortal Engines (1977)

It is stolen by the Lost Boys (Mortal Engines) and, later, Brighton.

Philip Reeve has also mentioned the possibility of a comic set in the world of Mortal Engines.

Scrivener's Moon is the sequel to A Web of Air, the story set centuries before Mortal Engines.

Predator's Gold is set two years after Mortal Engines.

In late December 2009, Peter Jackson announced his interest on the movie adaption of the novel Mortal Engines.

He begins to tell them his story, beginning with the first line of Mortal Engines.

He obliges, and begins with the first line of Mortal Engines, revealing that he is the narrator of the series.