Alek’s problem though is more urgent: he joined the Leviathan after he and his men helped fixing the engines of the ship using Clanker technology and for that were given a reprieve but as soon as they are no longer useful, they will be taken prisoners and Alek knows they must escape the Leviathan – as soon as they reach Constantinople.

Both are still hiding their real identities: Alek, the heir to the Austrian empire posing as a commoner and Deryn pretending to be a boy. Inside the Leviathan, the two protagonists, Deryn and Alek have problems of their own. The mission is important because the Ottomans seem to be close to siding with the Clankers ( ie the Germans).

It picks up right after Leviathan left off, in the beginning of World War 1 – or this world’s version of it – as the airship Leviathan is making its way to Constantinople (or Istanbul) on a peacekeeping mission to patch things up with the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire after Churchill ahem, “borrowed” one of their warships.

Behemoth is in two words: barking awesome. Having waited almost one year for this sequel, Behemoth, the expectations were pretty high. When I reviewed Leviathan last year, I loved it, proclaimed it to be wicked cool and it made my top 10 books of 2009. Why did I read this book: Because I loved, loved book 1, Leviathan. How did I get this book: Review copy from S&S UK, luckily the one with the AWESOME COVER. But when disaster strikes the Leviathan’s peacekeeping mission, they find themselves alone and hunted in enemy territory.Īlek and Deryn will need great skill, new allies, and brave hearts to face what’s ahead. Finally together aboard the airship Leviathan, they hope to bring the war to a halt. The Darwinists will need it, now that they are at war with the Clanker powers.ĭeryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. It can swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. Stand alone or series: Book two in the Leviathan series. Publication Date: October 1st 2010 (UK)/ October 5th 2010 (US) Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK/ Simon & Schuster Children (US)

Behemoth scott westerfeld