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(The Hungry City Chronicles, Book 3) SUMMARY: INFERNAL DEVICES is the third thrilling instalment in Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic fuure. Tom and Hester's daughter, Wren, longs to escape the peace of static Anchorage. She craves the dangerous adventures her parents once had - and a charming submarine pirate is ready to take her to sea. But the mysterious object that she steals for him ignites conflict that will tear the whole world apart.. "Big, brave, brilliant" GUARDIAN Philip Reeve has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year.