Leviathan: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath (The Leviathan Trilogy #Bk. 1)
Adventure stories, Historical fiction, Science fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
The first novel in a masterful trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld that School Library Journal hailed is "sure to become a classic."It is the cusp of World War I. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their… Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ genetically fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet. Aleksandar Ferdinand, a Clanker, and Deryn Sharp, a Darwinist, are on opposite sides of the war. But their paths cross in the most unexpected way, taking them both aboard the Leviathan on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure….One that will change both their lives forever.