When Queen Laurentia Castor suddenly abdicates her crown, the city of Leviathan is left on treacherous footing, heading down a bleak road towards political disaster. Amidst the carnage of the once great principality, Laurentia's two scrappy children, Alex and Deek Castor, must now navigate the class frictions, magical spectres, and fractured government of Leviathan on their own, aided only by their mother's jaded political confidant, Erich Briar, and a death row prisoner who proves an unlikely ally in the Castor kids' struggle for sanity.
Part I is the story of survival in the face of disaster, and the fatal choice of four individuals to ward off the apocalyptic fate storming towards their city or lead it in through the gates.
Leviathan grabbed me from the first pages. It’s part fantasy and part political intrigue with characters that I really cared about throughout the book. I loved the way the author explored and deepened the relationships between the main characters. The story moves quickly and is filled with excitement and suspense. I actually gasped a few times as I was reading. It certainly left me wanting to find out what happens next. I can’t wait for Part 2!