Utterly Dark and the Tides of Time

Utterly's mother turned and came gliding back between the sunbeams. 'Swim with me, Utterly,' she said. 'I have so much to show you.'Utterly Dark has made a promise - to leave everything she's ever known, and to go and live in the sea with her mystical, oceanic mother. Leaving home is difficult enough, but soon Utterly learns someone is hunting her. Someone - something - from, incredibly, a different time.Utterly will have to delve to the ocean's magical depths, swim through impossible timeslips and face painful choices if she is to save herself, and those she loves . . .A magical new story from the bestselling and prize-winning author of Mortal Engines.



Philip Reeve grew up in Brighton. He has been writing stories since he was five years old, but the first one to be published was Mortal Engines which won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and Blue Peter Book Award, and was made into a blockbuster film. Philip has also provided cartoons and jokes for many books, including Horrible Histories, and co-created young fiction with illustrator Sarah McIntyre including the Roly-Poly Flying Pony books, Oliver and the Seawigs, and their newest series Adventuremice.



Philip Reeve is an exceptional writer . . . A dark and deep adventure encompassing peril and self-discovery that will carry you away on its tide



A superbly weird tale of wonder, peril, tragedy and the thin places between worlds



Reeve's story has the weft and warp of myth . . . a slow-burning, darkly involving read



I was captivated by Utterly herself in this immersive coming-of-age narrative



Magnificent . . . this is magical storytelling



Absolutely extraordinary writing, like Charles Dickens writing Ursula K Le Guin . . . I can't think of anyone who does worldbuilding the way Philip Reeve does