Leviathan 141-180

This portion of the book switches back to Deryn and her adventures in the sky. The section starts out with her eating some food with the other middies. Apparently they haven't seen London before, and all rush to the window when they are flying over it. Deryn continued to eat and take other peoples food. However there was an exchange of words made and it became apparent that Deryn and another boy, Fitzroy, were pretty much enemies. In the midst of their debates though, they realized that the captain of the Leviathan is there. He tells them that they will be landing in London to pick up a passenger to fly to the Ottoman Empire. Unfortunately this would cause the weight of the ship, which has to be as dense as the air around it, to become unbalanced. So to make room for the extra weight, some of the middies will be forced to leave the Leviathan. This brings a spirit of great competition between all the middies. Deryn feels confident she can win with her experience, yet she is still somewhat unsure. She is assigned to be one of the first few people down to help assist the passenger.

Once they are over London, Deryn sees that she is the first one to actually reach the ground. This is a good thing because she got done quicker than Fitzroy, the other middy who is responsible for running ground operations. She arrives quickly and then out of curiosity goes to the monkey cages, since they landed at the zoo. Suddenly a woman appears asking if Deryn is her assistant. At first she is wonder why this random lady would be asking her that. It turns out that the lady was Dr. Barlow, a famous scientist who helped create the Leviathan herself. She was also the passenger that needed to be taken to the Ottoman Empire. After meeting this lady, Deryn became somewhat close to her. Deryn also knew she would be a problem. Dr. Barlow was a woman and might be able to blow Deryn's secret. Not a good predicament.

In the end we find out that there is something very important with Dr. Barlow and her equipment. It seems like it is a great experiment which would be able to help Britain if they needed it in the war. Dr. Barlow makes it quite apparent that they equipment is very fragile and important. Whatever it is, it will be interesting to find out.