Staff Pick of the Week: Leviathan

This week's book pick is Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld.

In this alternate history set in the beginning of World War I, prince Aleksandar Ferdinand is in danger. His parents have just been murdered, and only his small crew aboard the iron machine the Stormwalker has any interest in his welfare. (Everyone else would like him dead.) Deryn Sharp just joined the British Air Service and is hoping no one notices she's actually a girl, particularly now that she's landed a spot on the Leviathan, a living airship. When Deryn and Alek meet unexpectedly in the middle of the Swiss Alps, the clash between animal and machine becomes personal.