9) Leviathan
What is it?:
The First World War reimagined in a steampunk setting, where the Germans and Hungarians are diesel-obsessed “Clankers,” working with advanced machinery, and the British are “Darwinists,” scientists who have genetically engineered animals to perform a variety of tasks. The two protagonists are a Darwinist, a girl posing as a boy and an Austro-Hungarian prince, both of whom are driven into the conflict and whose destinies become intertwined.
Why Should it be Adapted?:
This is decidedly a young adult novel but the possibilities that an HBO adaptation could bring are endless, the Lovecraftian horrors of the Darwinist, the gun-blazing carnage of the Clankers are only a few things that can be explored in depth with a long running series, as well as exploring the characters and weird concepts of this steampunk world.
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