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Westerfeld's book starts on the eve of World War I but then moves away from history and off into fiction. After the Arhduke's assassination, it's the Clankers, devotees of machines, and the Darwinists, followers of genetic development, who are set against each other in gl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Gr 7-Up This is World War I as never seen before. The story begins the same: on June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated, triggering a sequence of alliances that plunges the world into war. But that is where the similarity ends. This global conflict is between the Clankers, who put their faith in machines, and the Darwinists, whose technology is based on the development of new species. After the assassination of his parents, Prince Aleksandar's people turn on him. Accom...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The ever-popular Westerfeld opens his newest series with a mix of alternative history and steampunk (a science fiction subgenre that fuses futuristic and antiquated elements). As World War I breaks out, Prince Aleksandar and his advisers escape the enemies of his father, the assassinated Archduke, and flee to a remote estate in the Swiss Alps. Meanwhile, Deryn Sharp, a girl disguised as a boy, is on board t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Westerfeld's new series features a mix of alternative history and steampunk. As WWI breaks out, Prince Aleksandar and his advi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This book takes steampunk to a new level, broadening the scope to add more global elements (a Darwinist army, genetically...Log In or Sign Up to Read More