6.14.2011
Behemoth
by Scott Westerfeld, 481 pgs, hardcover
Series: Leviathan trilogy book 2
Overall Grade: B+
I could hardly remember the first book when I picked this one up, but that was okay. The second book in this deliciously steampunk alt.history WWI finds Deryn (still masquerading as a boy, Dylan) and Alek (Austrian crown prince on the run) on the air beast/ship Leviathan, headed for Istanbul to deliver there cargo. Once there, the Darwinist British crew find themselves vying with the present German Clankers for influence over the sultan. Meanwhile, Alek and his keepers decide to make a break for it and escape from the airship.
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: historical, genre: steampunk, genre: YA, media: book, series: Leviathan