My hopes were well-founded - "Behemoth" is just as exciting and fascinating a ride as its predecessor, and continues the adventures of Deryn, Alek, and their allies and foes in an entirely new land with new dangers.
And I had high hopes that the sequel would deliver just as well, tying up some of the plot threads of the previous novel or at least serving as a nice bridge to the inevitable final volume. A rollicking and exciting story, good characters, and a fascinating world were accompanied by richly detailed illustrations as well, and all that combined made for one of the most exciting alternate-history novels I've ever read. Its heroes were plucky and well-developed, and sympathetic enough to make me cheer for them throughout. I read and loved Scott Westerfeld's "Leviathan," a steampunk novel about an alternate WWI fought with mechanical walkers and airships on one side, and bio-engineered monsters on the other.
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