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I finished my last book The Road and began reading Leviathan. This book starts out with a child named Alek in his father's study. He is playing a war game, something which interests him. His family has ruled Austria for over 6 generations, so it must be in his blood. He shouldn't have been in his father's study, but the fencing trainer finds what hes up to. He doesn't seem mad though. He instead asks Alek to get out of bed for his first Walker driving lesson. A walker seems to be some kid of machine device that a driver can control. Its like a giant person with guns, similar to iron man. At first Alek is unsure if this is real. However he soon realizes that this is all real and that he is in control of a great weapon. The book has just started out so there is not too much that has happened yet. We just know that Alek is a wealthy child who will probably have to take on the responsibilities of the family by continuing his family's reign. We also learned though that his mother is of normal blood. Since Alek is their son, he is not pure blood and does not qualify to receive any land. So far the story seems interesting, and the time period is still unknown. They talk about horses and swords like it was a time before guns, however Alek is controlling a huge robot with multiple weapons.