Anna Fang - A Darkling Plain

A Darkling Plain

Fishcake rebuilds Fang's body, but as they travel east to activate ODIN the more peaceful side of her consciousness ("Anna") begins to re-emerge. The Stalker eventually does manage to fire ODIN on several targets, and intends to trigger volcano chains to wipe out humanity, as she believes that Earth can never return to its pre-Sixty Minute War state while humans remain in control of it. Tom Natsworthy finds her and pleads with her to stop, appealing to the "Anna" side of her personality. Anna regains control over the Stalker, and stops the countdown, but she is then killed by Nimrod Pennyroyal (who still thought she was a threat).

Apart from Tom and Hester, Anna is the only character to appear in all four books, although the Stalker Fang is very different from the original Anna.

Mortal Engines Quartet by Philip Reeve
Mortal Engines Quartet:
  • Mortal Engines
  • Predator's Gold
  • Infernal Devices
  • A Darkling Plain
Short Stories:
  • Traction City
Prequel Series:
  • Fever Crumb
  • A Web of Air
  • Scrivener's Moon
Characters:
  • Hester Shaw
  • Anna Fang
  • Shrike
  • Nimrod Pennyroyal
  • Wren Natsworthy
  • Nicholas Quirke
  • Oenone Zero
  • Theo Ngoni
  • Magnus Crome
Other:
  • London
  • Orbital Defence Initiative


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