Leviathan

Westerfeld, S. (2009). Leviathan. NY: Simon Pulse. Leviathan is a historical sci-fi story with an alternate history for WWI. The two main protagonists Aleck, the heir of the Austrian-Hungary Empire and Deryn, a girl disguising herself as boy in order to fly on a Darwinist air beast against the Clankers. Aleck and Deryn show courage during the dangerous conflicts with the Kaiser’s military forces. The world is split into two fractions which are the Clankers and the Darwinists. The Clankers love technology and will do anything to keep the advancement of machinery in the future. The Darwinists, use the technology but to create Beasties which are fighting machines. Alek and Deryn bravery will assist the mysterious woman scientist aboard the Leviathan on a secret mission to Constantinople. Alek and Deryn help one another overcome the odds in a new world of technology versus nature. Related books: Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld, Goliath by Scott Westfeld, Airborn (Matt Cruse, #1)by Kenneth Oppel, Mothstorm (Larklight, #3) by Philip Reeve, and The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes, #1) by George Mann.