In the meantime, Austrain prince and archduke Alek and his comrades make a daring escape. But the German army has already made great headway in the Empire, and the Leviathan and her crew must buy precious time in order to make a daring strike against a blockade that could destroy their greatest ally, Russia. The Leviathan and her precious cargo have finally reached the Ottoman Empire, where a scientist aboard the airship hopes to make a gift of a precious egg to the sultan in order to mend strained relations between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain. My hopes were well-founded - 'Behemoth' is just as exciting and fascinating a ride as its predecessor, and continues the adventures of Deryn, Alek, and their allies and foes in an entirely new land with new dangers. And I had high hopes that the sequel would deliver just as well, tying up some of the plot threads of the previous novel or at least serving as a nice bridge to the inevitable final volume. A rollicking and exciting story, good characters, and a fascinating world were accompanied by richly detailed illustrations as well, and all that combined made for one of the most exciting alternate-history novels I've ever read. Its heroes were plucky and well-developed, and sympathetic enough to make me cheer for them throughout. He journeys to the Alps in his walker and takes refuge in a remote castle for the duration of the war.I read and loved Scott Westerfeld's 'Leviathan,' a steampunk novel about an alternate WWI fought with mechanical walkers and airships on one side, and bio-engineered monsters on the other. The reason that he runs away is because his mother and father have been assassinated and he is scared he is next. Alek is a prince who is forced to run away from his home with a few crew to pilot his walker. They follow different paths but meet up about halfway through the book.

The story revolves around two main characters: Deryn and Alek. The Leviathan is actually a gargantuan fabricated whale which is used as a zeppelin. On the other hand, the British use breathing, living creatures that have been fabricated and modified. The weaponry the Germans use in the book is mechanical for example, they have towering machines called 'walkers' which is a compact cabin on two legs mounted with guns. By slightly tampered, I mean it is a steampunk version of the Great War.

The story is a slightly tampered version of the First World War. Leviathan is the first book in a fantasy/ adventure trilogy by Scott Westerfeld.

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