A stunning new novel by master storyteller Philip Reeve. Fever Crumb is a fourteen-year-old girl who has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the Order of Engineers, where she serves as an apprentice. In a time and place where women are not seen as reasonable creatures, Fever is an anomaly, the only female to serve in the order. Soon though, she must say goodbye to Dr. Crumb-nearly the only person she's ever known-to assist archeologist Kit Solent on a top-secret project. As her work begins, Fever is plagued by memories that are not her own, and Kit seems to have a particular interest in finding out what they are. All Fever knows is what she's been told: that she is an orphan. Whose memories does she hold? Is the mystery of Fever, the adopted daughter of Dr. Crumb, the key to the secret that lies at the heart of London? Fever Crumb is haunting, arresting, and astonishingly original.