Jan 06 '12
Pros: appealing characters, interesting world, well conceived take on biological engineering of machines
Cons: part of a serial, illustrations lovely but don't suit the book
Summary: Aleks is woken up by his tutors in the middle of the night for surprise lessons, taken to a walker, and told to drive away from the palace in pitch black darkness without making a sound. He doesn't know it yet, but his parents were assassinated and his ...
