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-The Austro-Hungarian Palace
-Alek's Cyklop Stormwalker (A Clanker war vehicle)
-The HMS Leviathan (A Darwinist airship.)
-Alek's Castle
-The Swiss Alps

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On the night of his parents' death, Alek flees his home of Austria-Hungary alongside four of his most loyal servants, in hopes of seeking refuge in the Swiss Alps. He travels there, all while evading German forces trying to kill him in the name of his claim to the throne.

Meanwhile, at the same time, Deryn decides to disguise herself as a boy and become a midshipman aboard the British airship, Leviathan. She stays on the Leviathan as it is tasked with transporting a secret military object to Constantinople in the southeast.

Alek finally reaches the Swiss Alps and seeks refuge in a secluded castle amidst the snow. Just as he thinks he is safe from the Germans, Alek looks up to the sky and is stunned by what he sees. At the same time as Alek took refuge, the Leviathan is attacked by German airplanes above the Swiss Alps. The Leviathan emerges victorious, but is severely damaged. The airship slowly floats down into the Swiss Alps, as Alek watches from his castle. Alek chooses to help the crew of the Leviathan. Alek meets Deryn, both hoping to help each other escape their snowy prison.

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After finding out his parents' assassination in Sarajevo, Alekalongside four of his most loyal servants, escape Austria-Hungary to the Swiss Alps to escape German forces hunting him.

Deryn, in hopes of escaping her old life as a girl, disguises as a boy on the British airship, Leviathan. After a devastating attack on the airship from German airplanes, the Leviathan crash-lands somewhere in the Swiss Alps.

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"Yes, a frostbitten bum would've been unfortunate." - Aleksandar of Hohenberg (I)

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"It's lucky you came along, or my bum would've been frostbit to blazes!" - Deryn Sharp (I)

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Moderately difficult. Can be read by young adults and adolescents. May not be comprehensible to youth.

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-Young Adult
-Fiction
-Alternate History
-Action / Adventure
-Romance / Drama

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All images are under the ownership of Scott Westerfeld and Keith Thompson. The images displayed on this website were used without intention of copyright infringement.

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Book I:

Newkirk: A midshipman aboard the Leviathan. Accompanied by Deryn.

Captain Hobbes: The captain of the Leviathan.

Tazza: A fabricated Tasmanian tiger. Doctor Barlow's pet.

Book II:

Bovril: A fabricated animal. Originally created as a peace negotiation with the Ottoman sultan. Associates with Alek and Deryn.

Eddie Malone: An American reporter for the New York World. Exchanges information between Alek and Deryn when separated.

Book III:

Angela: An American reporter for the Hearst Magazine. Wants to document the Leviathan's arrival to New York.

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Book I:

Otto Klopp: A Hapsburg mechanic who serves Alek as both a mentor and soldier. Accompanied by Volger.

Corporal Bauer: A Hapsburg corporal who serves Alek.

Master Hoffman: A Hapsburg engineer who serves Alek.

Book II:

Lilit: A revolutionist seeking to overthrow the Ottoman sultan.

Zaven: A revolutionist seeking to overthrow the Ottoman sultan.

The Kizlar Agha: An ambassador to the Ottoman sultan.

Book III:

Nikola Tesla: A Siberian Clanker turned American Darwinist. Inventor of Goliath and the Tesla cannon

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Alek pilots a Stormwalker tank across Europe, hoping to reach neutral Switzerland. Alek, accompanied by Volger, Klopp, Bauer, and Hoffman, the five continuously escape death from Clanker (Axis) forces as they continue toward the Swiss Alps.

Deryn serves as a midshipman aboard the HMS Leviathan, an airship sent to transport Doctor Nora Barlow to an unknown location in the southeast to aid the war effort for the Darwinist (Allied) Powers.

Alek and Deryn meet when the Leviathan crash-lands in the Swiss Alps nearby Alek's castle. The Swiss Alps are a harsh environment and have risk factors that could cause the Leviathan to die alongside its crew.

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Alek appears to be timid and reserved, reacting negatively after realizing his parent's death in Sarajevo. Alek yearns for normality as he journey's to Switzerland to wait out the Great War.

Deryn acts independent yet joyous to be aloft in the air aboard the Leviathan. Deryn is adamant to keep her gender a secret in order to stay in the air like she had always dreamed.

Volger, despie his questionable training techniques with Alek, cares immensely for Alek and his right to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Volger is cunning and intelligent, knowing that one misstep could lead to death.

Doctor Barlow seems helpful but also cunning. She is intelligent enough to be an asset to the Leviathan's crew yet also secretive to keep her military mission to herself.

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The internal and external traits of characters in Book I: Leviathan.

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The granddaughter of Charles Darwin. A British scientist aboard the Leviathan. Occasionally accompanied by Deryn. Sent on a confidential military operation on the Leviathan.

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An Austro-Hungarian Hapsburg cavalry officer in service to Alek. Alek's fencing mentor. Abandoned everything to protect Alek.

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The Leviathan Trilogy - Written By Scott Westerfeld and Illustrated by Keith Thompson

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The Leviathan Trilogy - Written By Scott Westerfeld and Illustrated by Keith Thompson

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Set in the midst of World War I, a hunted prince and a girl disguising as a boy in the military meet through fate and coincidence and attempt to bring peace back to the world.

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A Scottish girl disguised as a boy. Serves as a midshipman aboard the British airship HMS Leviathan in service to the British Air Navy.

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The son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the only prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On the run from German forces.

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Book three of the trilogy.

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Book two of the trilogy.

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Book one of the trilogy.