Predator's Gold Quotes
"Violent and romantic, action-packed and contemplative, funny and frightening"
"If you’ve never read a Philip Reeve novel before, you’re in for a treat."
"A magnificent story and one of the most compelling things I have read so far this year"
"Wonderful fantasy… Reeve has managed to marry the hugeness of his imagination with an utterly compelling story line"
"Reeve writes with confidence and power. He is not only a master of visceral excitement, but at every turn, surprises, entertains and makes his readers think"
"Its violence, conflict and rivalries are beautifully offset by its wit and jocular mischief… sparkling, brilliantly paced pages"
"A brilliant central conceit… The story has a dreamlike intensity"
"A staggering feat of award-winning storytelling aplomb"
"Reeve’s villains are never wholly bad, nor his heroes wholly good, and his messages linger long"
"He conveys big truths while being witty and playful, and the vocabulary is rich"
"I won’t help you. If you’re planning to attack Anchorage or something, I won’t help you."
"Bring the Dry to my quarters, my boys. I will speak with him right away."
"Burglars and observers. They watch. Listen. Send me reports."
"That’s how I keep my boys in plunder and prey."
"I probably know more than any man alive about what’s going on in the north."
"There was nothing to eat in Grimsby except what the Lost Boys stole."
"Sugary biscuits, cheap, soapy chocolate, bacon sandwiches oozing grease."
"The only concession to healthy eating was a tureen of boiled spinach."
"I always make sure the boys bring back a bit of greenstuff," explained Uncle.
"If you got caught, it wouldn’t matter. Not to me."
"With a bit of luck, and some help from my boys, you’ll get in, get the girl, get out."
"I’ve read Caul and Skewer’s sad little reports about you."
"The way you love her. The way you’ve tortured yourself since you drove her away."
"If you don’t try and help her, you’ll be seeing it every time you close your eyes."
"How can I? I want to help Hester, but it would be madness!"
"If he hadn’t kissed Freya, Het would never have flown off like that."
"It’s all right," he promised. "You won’t be alone."
"Simply surviving took up all their time and energy."
"I want someone to know that it’s not my fault."
"Anna would have hated it. She wouldn’t have wanted a war."
"You will prepare airships, and weapons. We are leaving the Facility."
"I don’t belong here. You never belonged here, really."
"Putting that Dry inside is just a way of distracting the Green Storm’s attention."
"Uncle’s orders were question ’em and kill ’em."
"I was going to bring that Stalkerette down here and reprogram her."
"I didn’t mean what happened, with me and Freya."
"We've got to land. We've got to do something."
"Everything's lit up like a Quirkemas tree..."
"You sell me this city, then you try and help them take it back."
"I never imagined Arkangel would pick them up!"
"How can we? We owe it to the Aakiuqs, and Freya and everybody."
"You’re selfish and wicked and cold and you don’t care about anybody but your horrible self…"
"It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive."
"We’re adrift! We must have reached the edge of the ice, and the bit we were on broke free."