What is the first book in the prequel series to the four books referred to also as the Predator Cities Quartet by Philip Reeve?
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A Web of Air A Web of Air is a young adult post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Philip Reeve. The sequel to "Fever Crumb", it is the second book in the Mortal Engines Quartet prequel series. It was published in April 2010.
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Mortal Engines Quartet The Mortal Engines Quartet is a tetralogy consisting of four novels written by the British author Philip Reeve: "Mortal Engines" (2001), "Predator's Gold" (2003), "Infernal Devices" (2005), and "A Darkling Plain" (2006). It has also been referred to as the Predator Cities Quartet or the Hungry City Chronicles, although the author has objected to those names.
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Black (novel) Black: The Birth of Evil is a novel written by author Ted Dekker. It is the first book in the "Circle Series", and is a part of the "Books of History Chronicles".
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Myrren's Gift Myrren's Gift is the first book in the Quickening (series) trilogy by Fiona McIntosh. It details the journeys of Wyl Thirsk.
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The Quest Begins The Quest Begins is the first novel in the "Seekers" series. It was written by Erin Hunter, which is a pseudonym used by authors Cherith Baldry, Kate Cary, Tui Sutherland and editor Victoria Holmes. The novel follows the adventures of four bears, Toklo, Kallik, Lusa and Ujurak. Each bear is stranded by themselves in the wild and must learn to survive. The declining environment of the bears is the main theme conveyed throughout the novel. Like the "Warriors" series also written by Erin Hunter, "Seekers" began as a request from HarperCollins who requested another animal story. The company and Victoria Holmes agreed to write about bears after discarding dogs, horses and dolphins. The novel was released in the US on 27 May 2008 and has also been released in the UK, Canada and translated into Russian. Critical reception was positive with reviewers praising the realistic behaviour of the bears.
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Birth of Fire Birth of Fire is a science fiction novel by American writer Jerry Pournelle. It was first published by Laser Books in 1976, later published by Baen Books. It is related to the books "Exiles to Glory" and "High Justice", and with those two, form a starting point for the CoDominium series.
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The Wizard of Lemuria The Wizard of Lemuria is a fantasy novel by American writer Lin Carter, the first book of his "Thongor series" set on the fictional ancient lost continent of Lemuria. The author's first published novel, it was initially issued in paperback by Ace Books in 1965. The author afterwards revised and expanded the text, in which form it was reissued as Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria, first published in paperback by Berkley Books in 1969. This retitled and revised edition became the standard edition for later reprintings. The novel was also adapted into comic form, appearing in eight issues of Marvel's "Creatures on the Loose".
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Animorphs Animorphs is a science fantasy series of young adult books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all six main characters taking turns narrating the books through their own perspectives. Horror, war, dehumanization, sanity, morality, innocence, leadership, freedom and growing up are the core themes of the series.
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Shannara Shannara is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with "The Sword of Shannara" in 1977 and continuing through "The Sorcerer's Daughter" which was released in May 2016; there is also a prequel, "First King of Shannara". The series blends magic and primitive technology and is set in the Four Lands, which are identified as Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars. By the time of the prequel "First King of Shannara", the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science.
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Shadowmarch Shadowmarch is the first novel in the Shadowmarch tetralogy, by Tad Williams. It was released in hardcover on November 2, 2004, and in trade paperback on November 1, 2005. A paperback edition was released in September, 2006. The second book in the series, Shadowplay was published on March 6, 2007 in hardcover and on March 4, 2008 in paperback in both the USA and the UK. The third book in the series, Shadowrise, was released in hardcover on March 2, 2010. The last book in the series, Shadowheart, was published in hardcover on November 1, 2010.
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Divergent (novel) Divergent is the debut novel of American novelist Veronica Roth, published by HarperCollins Children's Books in 2011. The novel is the first of the Divergent trilogy, a series of young adult dystopian novels set in the Divergent Universe. The novel "Divergent" features a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago and follows Beatrice "Tris" Prior as she explores her identity within a society that defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five factions, which removes the threat of anyone exercising independent will and re-threatening the population's safety. Underlying the action and dystopian focused main plot is a romantic subplot between Tris and one of her instructors in the Dauntless faction, nicknamed Four.
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Commonwealth Saga The Commonwealth Saga is a series of science fiction novels by British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton. This saga consists of the novels "Pandora's Star" (2004) and "Judas Unchained" (2005), preceded by "Misspent Youth" (2002) which takes place 340 years before Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained. "The Dreaming Void" (2008), "The Temporal Void" (2009), and "The Evolutionary Void" (2010) take place 1,200 years after the events of "Judas Unchained" but occur in the same literary universe; several of the main characters from "Judas Unchained" and "Pandora's Star" also appear in the "Void" trilogy.
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Off Armageddon Reef Off Armageddon Reef is a science fiction novel by American author David Weber, published by Tor Books. It is the first book in the open-ended "Safehold" series. It follows a group of survivors who have settled a planet they name Safehold, a place where they had sought to escape from a terrible war, but that becomes the scene of a new struggle to uphold the principles of human civilization.
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Telempath Telempath is a science fiction novel by Spider Robinson set in a dystopian near-future in which human cities have fallen into ruin and the population has been sharply reduced. The novel, Robinson's first, is an expansion of his 1977 Hugo Award-winning novella "By Any Other Name". It was first published under the Berkley imprint of G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1976.
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First Meetings First Meetings (2002) is a collection of Orson Scott Card's short stories from the "Ender's Game" series. Tor Books republished the book in 2003 under the titles "First Meetings in the Enderverse" and "First Meetings in Ender's Universe" and included the more recent "Teacher's Pest", a story about the first meeting of Ender's parents.
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Halo: Primordium Halo: Primordium is a military science fiction novel by Greg Bear, based on the "Halo" series of video games. The book was released in January 2012 and is the tenth "Halo" book (the ninth novel) and the middle book in the trilogy of novels focusing on the Forerunners, called "The Forerunner Saga". "Primordium" was released in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook following 2011's "Halo: Glasslands", the first book in the separate "Kilo-Five" trilogy. "Primordium" reached number seventeen on the New York Times Bestseller List in Hardcover Fiction.
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Fire (Cashore novel) Fire is a fantasy novel by Kristin Cashore, a companion book to her debut novel, "Graceling". It tells the story of a young monster in the shape of a human who is hated because of her difference and supernatural abilities. The novel debuted at number four on "The New York Times" Best Seller list and won several awards.
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The First Law The First Law is a fantasy series written by British author Joe Abercrombie. It consists of a trilogy, three stand-alone novels and a number of novellas set in the same world.
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Krondor: The Betrayal Krondor: The Betrayal is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist. It is the first novel in "The Riftwar Legacy" and was first published in November 1998. It is a novelization of the computer game "Betrayal at Krondor".
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The Ring of Charon The Ring of Charon is a science fiction book by American writer Roger MacBride Allen, first published in 1990 by Tor Books. It is the first in a series of three (although the third book has yet to be published) books under the name of "The Hunted Earth".
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Provost's Dog The Provost's Dog trilogy is a series of young adult fantasy novels by best-selling author Tamora Pierce. The series is a prequel to Pierce's first quartet, "The Song of the Lioness", and is set in the fictional kingdom of Tortall two hundred years earlier. It details the adventures of Beka Cooper, a sixteen-year-old recruit of the Lord Provost, originally from a lower city family and now in service to the Provost's Guard.
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Predator's Gold Predator's Gold is the second of four novels in Philip Reeve's series for young adults, the "Mortal Engines Quartet".