I was very surprised to learn that Westerfeld's next work was a very different one of alternative historical fiction set in Europe. I read these books a very long time ago and remembering being very impressed with the concept (an interesting questions about the way our current society values appearances) but not so much with the writing. Of course, there are also people who choose to live outside of this enforced way of life, the main character, Tally, torn between the two. But, I am getting ahead of myself. Westerfeld, who is also known for his Uglies quartet of books set in a future where government regulates and controls and segregates society by sanctioning and subsidizing an operation for all citizens when they reach the age of sixteen that turns them into Pretties - perfectly, beautiful, bubbly people. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld and illustrated by Keith Thompson is the first in a trilogy that also includes the companion book, The Manual of Aeronautics, which is loaded with detailed descriptions and elaborate illustrations of the Darwinist beasties and Clanker walkers, weapons and uniforms that make up the world that Westerfeld has created and Thompson has masterfully illustrated.
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