Now she arrives in the extraordinary crater city of mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails, and a mysterious recluse is building a machine that can fly. As with the mortal engines quartet, a handful number of the people in the books are named after places in devon. In a time and place where women are not seen as reasonable creatures, fever is an anomaly, the only female to serve in the order. This is my second book by reeve, who is considered a steampunk master, but i didnt really like either of them that much and i do see things repeating in his stories very depressing farfuture dystopias and cities that walk around under their own power. She serves as an apprentice and is a member of the order of engineers in the notyet traction city of london. She acts as his apprentice and is the only female member of the super rational order of engineers. Though the book is named after the character thats presumably the protagonist, fever crumb, she remains so bland and underdeveloped that she rarely. Fever crumb is the main character in the mortal engines prequel series. Auric godshawk before the events of fever crumb auric godshawk was the last scriven ruler. Fever crumb is a 14 year old girl raised by engineer dr. The fever 1793 community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. In his youth he was in love with with wavy godshawk, he worked for her father auric godshawk.
For the book of the same name see fever crumb book. Fever crumb is a young adult postapocalyptic science fiction novel by philip reeve, published. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Characters fever crumb the main protagonist of the series and child of wavey godshawk. The adventures of reeves characters continued in predators gold and. Chelseas art blog, fever crumb characters my little. Crumb, a member of the order of engineers, where she serves as apprentice. First, the main character, fever crumb, is lacking in both personality and initiative, and is almost entirely passive until the very end of the novel. Nov 19, 2019 chelseas art blog, fever crumb characters stay safe and healthy. In a teasingly recognisable london threatened by northern invaders, orphan engineer, fever crumb, is assigned to help renegade archaeologist kit solent. She leaves her sheltered life to help find archaeologist kit solent on a secret project. Book summary fever crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by dr. A sequel called a web of air was released in 2010, and later followed by another sequel, called scriveners moon. Wavey godshawk fever crumbs mother and the last known scriven alive.
It is set a thousand years before the events of mortal engines. Fever crumb is unlike any fantasy or scifi book i have read before. Fever crumb is the first book in the prequel series to the mortal engines quartet. Reeves first book, mortal engines, started a thousand years later. Fever crumb it the titular character, a fourteen year old girl who was a its not badly written but it is not my thing. Ever since i finished all 7 books of the series me quartet and 3 fc books i have been looking for sny news on continuation of the prequel story, but so far nothing. Fever crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by dr. For the main character of the book see fever crumb character fever crumb is the first book in.