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7/10/2025, 6:29:48 PM
Has anyone watched it or is going to watch it?
The narrative unfolds in a war-torn 1914, dividing the world into two factions. The Central Powers, or “Clankers,” of the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires, command diesel-powered mechanical war machines, including immense walking tanks. Opposing them are the “Darwinists” of the Triple Entente, led by the British, whose power stems from a mastery of genetic engineering—an alternate history where Charles Darwin discovered DNA. They fight alongside “fabricated beasts,” living creatures modified to serve as weapons and vehicles.
At the center of this conflict are two teenagers from opposing worlds. Prince Aleksandar “Alek” von Hohenberg, the fictional son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, becomes a fugitive after his parents’ assassination, escaping with only a loyal crew and a battle-worn Stormwalker walker. On the Darwinist side, Deryn Sharp, a commoner, disguises herself as a boy to serve as an airman aboard the HMS Leviathan, a massive flying whale that is a living ecosystem. Their paths inevitably cross when the Leviathan crash-lands in the Swiss Alps, forcing an unlikely alliance that could alter the course of the war.
The narrative unfolds in a war-torn 1914, dividing the world into two factions. The Central Powers, or “Clankers,” of the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires, command diesel-powered mechanical war machines, including immense walking tanks. Opposing them are the “Darwinists” of the Triple Entente, led by the British, whose power stems from a mastery of genetic engineering—an alternate history where Charles Darwin discovered DNA. They fight alongside “fabricated beasts,” living creatures modified to serve as weapons and vehicles.
At the center of this conflict are two teenagers from opposing worlds. Prince Aleksandar “Alek” von Hohenberg, the fictional son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, becomes a fugitive after his parents’ assassination, escaping with only a loyal crew and a battle-worn Stormwalker walker. On the Darwinist side, Deryn Sharp, a commoner, disguises herself as a boy to serve as an airman aboard the HMS Leviathan, a massive flying whale that is a living ecosystem. Their paths inevitably cross when the Leviathan crash-lands in the Swiss Alps, forcing an unlikely alliance that could alter the course of the war.
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