![]() ![]() She is also inhibited in showing her feelings, since Alek thinks that she's a he. Deryn also finds herself deeply in love with Alek, but also knows that a marriage between royalty and a commoner is impossible. The continuation of the story in Behemoth has Alek and Deryn helping to overthrow the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, preventing it from entering the war on the side of Germany and the Austrian-Hungary Empire. Deryn also begins to feel a strong attachment toward Alek that is beyond mere friendship. In the first book of this marvelous trilogy, Prince Alek and Deryn/Dylan meet and help save the airship by combining Darwin and Clanker technology. The main protagonists are Prince Aleksandar, the son if the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, and Deryn, a girl posing as a boy (named Dylan) in order to serve on the British airship, Leviathan. ![]() ![]() He also gives us insights to the gap between the aristocracy and the mass of commoners, as well as gender relations. In the Leviathan series, he has created a fantastic alternative world of 1914 where Darwinist fabricators of new species are at war with Clankers, who use machine technology to advance their cause. In my view, he is currently one of the best writers of young adult fiction. ![]() I have been a huge fan of Scott Westerfeld since I read Peeps several years ago. ![]()
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