Leviathan
Synopsis
In an alternate 1914, Europe is divided between the technologically advanced Clankers, who wield intricate steam-driven war machines, and the bio-engineering Darwinists, masters of magnificent, genetically engineered beasts. After his parents' assassination, young Prince Alek of Austria is forced to flee in a colossal walking tank, hunted by his owโฆ In an alternate 1914, Europe is divided between the technologically advanced Clankers, who wield intricate steam-driven war machines, and the bio-engineering Darwinists, masters of magnificent, genetically engineered beasts. After his parents' assassination, young Prince Alek of Austria is forced to flee in a colossal walking tank, hunted by his own countrymen and determined to stop a global war from erupting. Across the continent, commoner Deryn Sharp disguises herself as a boy to join the British Air Service, soaring the skies aboard the *Leviathan*, a massive living whale airship. When their vastly different worlds inevitably collide, these two unlikely teenagers must navigate betrayal, secrets, and the horrors of a world-shattering conflict, where their fragile alliance could alter the course of history itself.
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