Introduction

The year is 1914 and Europe, armed with futuristic machines and biotechnology, is on the precipice of war.

Main Characters

Prince Aleksandar is fleeing for his life, having discovered that his parents have been assassinated and he is now a target for the Clanker Powers, a group determined to take over the globe with their mechanical machinery.

When he meets Deryn Sharpe, an orphan girl who has disguised herself as a boy so she can join the British Air Service, they form an uneasy, but necessary, alliance.

Plot Development

But the pair will soon discover that their emerging friendship will dramatically change their lives - and the entire course of the Great World War...