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Unlike Leviathan, I bought the book version of Behemoth, so I got to read it all at one go. This meant my grandmother didn’t buy it for me, and I didn’t have Alan Cumming’s wonderful narration, but I got Keith Thompson’s magnificent illustrations to make up for it. Sadly, this is the second time I have written this review as my computer lost the first one, aww.
As Alek, grandson of the Hapsburg emperor, Deryn, a girl serving as a midshipman in the British air navy in disguise, and the crew of the Leviathan sail into the capitol of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, war is brewing on the continent, and unrest is brewing in the city streets. Though the empire is nominally neutral, its sympathies lie with the clanker powers and worse, the treacherous actions of Churchill and the British government drive the Empire closer and closer to war with the Darwinists. But Alek has other things on his mind. It is only a matter of time before Austria and Great Brittan are officially at war, and if he doesn’t want to become a prisoner, he must escape while he still can.
( They reminded Alek of his own poor relations, once wealthy families who’d fallen on hard times but still had an inflated sense of their own importance. )
Oh man, I can’t wait to get started on Goliath! Really, burning can’t wait!
But I would not want to have a loris for a pet. They strike me as kind of creepy, actually.
Scott Westerfeld can be found online at scottwesterfeld.com. Keith Thompson, the series illustrator can be found at keiththompsonart.com.
As Alek, grandson of the Hapsburg emperor, Deryn, a girl serving as a midshipman in the British air navy in disguise, and the crew of the Leviathan sail into the capitol of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, war is brewing on the continent, and unrest is brewing in the city streets. Though the empire is nominally neutral, its sympathies lie with the clanker powers and worse, the treacherous actions of Churchill and the British government drive the Empire closer and closer to war with the Darwinists. But Alek has other things on his mind. It is only a matter of time before Austria and Great Brittan are officially at war, and if he doesn’t want to become a prisoner, he must escape while he still can.
( They reminded Alek of his own poor relations, once wealthy families who’d fallen on hard times but still had an inflated sense of their own importance. )
Oh man, I can’t wait to get started on Goliath! Really, burning can’t wait!
But I would not want to have a loris for a pet. They strike me as kind of creepy, actually.
Scott Westerfeld can be found online at scottwesterfeld.com. Keith Thompson, the series illustrator can be found at keiththompsonart.com.
