Secret Secrets are no Fun

Some say that secret secrets are no fun (unless you share with everyone). And in Leviathan, everyone has a secret, at least when it comes to the main characters. The best part is that only you know the secrets of the main characters, aside from themselves. This drives the plot forward, and makes this book a great read.

But now: a blast from the past...

Last post, I was just starting the book, and did not have much information on the plot. So this will just be a quick update on where I am in the book. If you don't want to know, or are reading this book now, please skip to the:       Let the Secrets Begin.

At this point in the book, I have found out that the leviathan is

                               and not

This however is pitted against to the stormwalkers, and other machine dreadnoughts that the Germans, and Austro-Hungarians have come up with to counter the Darwinist's living creations which will be pictured later when I talk about Alek's secret








Some of the dreadnoughts look like this:

The S.M.S. befulf

These super dreadnoughts have been passed, and all of the main characters are now in Switzerland, where the secrets I predict, will begin to spill.










Let the Secrets Begin.

I will give the secrets that have been spilled already first. (Evil Laugh)
The first one is that of Count Volger (Alek's fencing tutor). He told Alek that his dad had already been planning this escape from Austria for some time now, (since his father had married a commoner) and that he didn't expect to make it to Switzerland.
Now for Dr. Barlow's Secret. She is housing some sort of egg, that will help in the war, but we don't know what kind of fabricated and bizarre beast will hatch. She always replies to the effect of, "that is classified information." I am really itching to figure out what these eggs are...
Now for the secret secrets.
Deryn Sharp, (whom is going by "Dylan" for the service) is a girl in disguise as a boy in the military. If this follows the pattern that many books do, I believe that she will be discovered, and thrown out of the airship, and even killed because of this. (note to self, this is a world war 1 book).
Alek's secret is case sensitive, because it is only relevant around the British. He is actually the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. This will probably be revealed in a few chapters.