{"product_id":"leviathan-9781416971733","title":"Leviathan","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in a masterful trilogy about World War I with a steampunk twist by #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Scott Westerfeld.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the cusp of World War I. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ genetically fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAleksandar Ferdinand, a Clanker, and Deryn Sharp, a Darwinist, are on opposite sides of the war. 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