There are very few novels written in this century that leave you with the urge to shout things like "jolly good show!" Leviathan is most definitely one of them.

Over the last several years, Scott Westerfeld has established himself as a writer of fast-paced, edgy YA novels in a variety of flavours: future dystopia teenagers, vampire apocalypse teenagers, magical demon-slaying teenagers… With Leviathan he now turns his hand to steampunk, presenting the first volume of an action-adventure epic...