When their paths cross, it may change the world as they know it. Deryn, a commoner living as a boy to fight among the British Air Service, hopes to one day fly a mighty Darwinist airbeast. Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run from his own people, and all he has at his disposal is a ragtag crew of loyal soldiers and a rickety war machine in need of a captain. Clankers prefer cogs and steam, and wage their battles on walking tanks that are armed to the proverbial teeth. The Darwinists used manipulated DNA to create hybrids that function as living ships, weapons, and transportation. In another 1914, Europe is divided into Darwinists and Clankers.
With the Leviathan trilogy, he combines an alternate history with a grand battle between biology and technology. His Uglies series used the idea of beauty as currency to dissect concepts of human autonomy. His other novels include the New York Times bestseller Afterworlds, the worldwide bestselling Uglies series, The Last Days, Peeps, So Yesterday, and the Midnighters trilogy. The only way to save themselves in a hostile.
Scott Westerfeld's YA books explore many speculative issues. Scott Westerfeld is the author of the Leviathan series, the first book of which was the winner of the 2010 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. In this sequel to Leviathan, Alek and Deryns mission to deliver a package to Constantinople goes awry.
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