Last Goliath Art Reveal

Posted on by scott

Yes, this is the last one. So I thought I would make it a really good one, even though this image is maybe just a BIT spoiler-y.

So if you hate to experience even the slightest bespoilment, I suggest you turn your computer off now and set it on fire. Then go live in the forest until September 20.

Have you done that? Good. Now I can reveal the September Goliath art sneak preview!

Would you like to see it zoomable? I think that you would. Click here to do so.

That’s it. I have no comments about this image (or its alarming caption). You may interpret it as you will.

See you tomorrow for Fan Art Friday, which will include CAKE!*
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*CAKE is an acronym. Real cake not included.

259 thoughts on “Last Goliath Art Reveal”

  1. Wow…. nice artwork! I for one am quite annoyed that now I have to wait 21 days for the book to come out so I can find out what happens…

  5. This is the coolest thing I have ever seen. in my entire reign of existence.
    CANT. WAIT. UNTIL. GOLIATH.

  9. I doubt Deryn actually dies.. its probably one of those “almost dead but not quite.. she just needs several weeks in bed” epic twists.

  10. So… was this accidentally posted like two days ago? Because I definitely saw this post, then clicked on the image, then when I clicked the back button, the post disappeared.

    BUT THIS IS EXCITING. 😀 SO CLOSE!!!!

  12. I don’t think Deryn will die… But perhaps her secret will be revealed when they treat the wound?

    PS: She’s got wings… LIKE A BOSS.

  13. :0 oh my gosh. Maybe the whole series was one of those types of things where the last page she wakes up and realizes that it was all a dream, and somehow her mind dreamt up Alek too. That. Would. Really. Annoy. Me. Plus Deryn has wings which looks super awesome. Unless she dies.

  14. Deryn is such a BAMF. I really want to know what happens. Does she get shot and survive it? Is it staged, so she’s about to “fall” off the cliff and fly away on those BA wings? I WANT GOLIATH NOW.

  15. ……”The Walker shoots Deryn….”
    First off…why is Deryn BALD.

    Second off…..Since everyone seems to be quoting portal 1, I shall quote Portal 2: “Oh. Hi. So. How are you holding up? BECAUSE I’M A POTATO!”

    Third off….. If Deryn dies, then there will be lots of saddened Deryn fans….and a great number of happy Alec fans.

  17. Maybe this is just me. . . but doesnt the walker look like it has a camera. . . NOT a gun?

    Cause techincally, when they say shot they could mean a Photo. . .

    yeah, unlikely, but still. . .

  21. @paige: me likes the camera theroy, you make a good point! But the whole getting-shot-so-the-medics-have-to-take-off-her-uniform-and-discover-she’s-a-lassie sounds like a *really* great plot-point…….hmmmmm, who else is torn on what they want to happen?

  22. Whoever said she was bald, I see hair…Oh, and by the way? Geryn had BETTER NOT DIE!!!!!!!!! 19 days left:):) Also, FAF CAKE isn’t working…

  23. You all make me laugh. So. Hard. Epic comment stream is epic.

    *Insert Portal jokes and pathetic whimpers upon seeing art reveal caption here*

    Gah. Can’t wait!

  24. RECAP!!

    March: Secrets in the Rookery (Ch. 2)
    April: Crashing a Bash (April Fool’s!) and the ever-so-cute Edwardian Loris (Ch. 23) as compensation…
    May: Hooking the Package (Ch. 3)
    June: A Careful Extraction (Ch. 10)
    July: Kappa Surfacing (Ch. 14)
    Aug: The Leviathan comes to California (Ch. 22)
    Sept: The Walker Shoots Deryn (Ch. 26)

    And not to mention the sneak peeks we got to see during the times we voted, such as The Two Headed Messenger (Ch. 1), Firefight in the Air (Ch. 15), and The Coming Storm (Ch. 19).

    You do so much for your fans and you completely spoil us, but that’s why we love you, Scott-la! I’m so excited to read Goliath! 18 more days!! =D

  25. can you reveal the spoiler from the word cloud? please? please? PLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSE!!!!!!! IM BEGGING ON MY KNEES!

  30. I don’t think my parents would approve of me setting my computer on fire and living in a forest until September 20, but I’m just saying. And it’s a shame that real cake isn’t included. But what about virtual cake? Or a picture of cake drawn by Keith?

  31. Wow, those Clankers have some REAALLLY big cameras…equipped with guns…that take photo shoots in the desert of middies wearing wings… Yeaaahhh…

    I can’t wait for Goliath! Why do all the amazing books I want to read come out at the beginning of the school year?? I have no time to enjoy the amazing D:<

    Also, why are all steampunk authors gifted with the awesomeness to make Portal references? I fainted from pure joy when Cherie Priest inserted an inconspicuous bit from "Still Alive" into one of her blog posts.

  32. +1 to the camera idea.
    If that isn’t it, I hope Alek is the one that “shoots” her. That would be so Scott-la.
    Oh well… Can’t wait for Goliath!

    P.S. Is she standing on a cliff?!?!

    P.S.S I think she has hair, and the wings look Darwinist.

  36. WHAT?!?! I wanna know who is in that walker and why they are trying to shoot Deryn.
    Also, could you please reviel the the missing word from the word cloud. Please?

  37. I think its a camera as well. Possibly a surveillance walker? If Deryn actually got shot from something that big, think of how big the bullets must be. and if the walker does have a gun and not a camera, I bet Deryn will use her awesome-ness and jump off the cliff at the very last second ^^
    What an art reveal! I can’t wait!

  38. I heard somewhere that Alek and Deryn go to Mexico and meet Pancho Villa. That would explain the cacti in the background.

  39. Best. Mech. Yet. (This coming from an avid mecha fan.)

    I’m caught between the camera idea and the idea that perhaps she jumps off the cliff, goes for a soar, and her fabricated wings get shot up. Bad aim on a small, moving target, maybe? Then she goes for a tumble.

  40. What a treat!
    All of a sudden, I regret having only pre-ordered the audiobook, according to my habit (which also entails waiting another year for the French book, for my son’s sake). What I really wish for anyway is a (the?) large art book for the trilogy!
    Also, Deryn’s wings make me giggle; why wonder about clockpunk, as I was doing recently, when we’re about to enjoy this very cool contraption? (Mental gears set in motion: how might they work? hmm, I don’t think you want to know my thoughts…)

  42. Ahh… Scott-La!

    I will never forgive you for killing Deryn! Thats, if you do….
    Im praying to the reading gods that it’ll be like a, She got shot in the shoulder and as they treated her wound they notice she has TaTa’s (niddies lol) then Alex tells her he loves her, and he doesn’t care that shes a commoner and they get married and live happly ever after! THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!
    But of course, your books would never have an ending like that… I just hope its not a depressing ending like Midnighters!
    GAH!!!! 20 more days!!!!

  43. THAT. IS. AMAZING!!!
    I know deryn can’t die. That would like ruin the entire plot and break Alek’s heart (although he doesnt know it quite yet 🙂

  45. See, if I hadn’t made the ending of Midnighters so depressing, and had never killed another certain beloved character, you wouldn’t be thinking, “Hey, that butt-head might actually KILL DERYN!”

    And then waiting for Goliath wouldn’t be nearly as exciting, would it?

    Mission accomplished.

  47. Awesome art. And I’m not worried (she said, not sounding entirely convinced) the captions are always tricky. Right? Right???
    CAKE, hm? Captions Are Killing Everybody?

  49. My first reaction: OMG Yessssssssssssss. wooooo!!!! action!!!

    My reaction just now in realization: Omg wait….NOOOO!!!!!!!!1111 DON’T GET SHOT DERYN D: :((( :’c *sniffle*

  51. and i also wonder if the reporter guy Eddie did this…or maybe bovril…
    im doing way too much wondering.
    COME FASTER SEPT 20!!

  52. I just thought of a scenario where Deryn does this matrix type thing off the cliff, and she uses her epic wings to fly and stoof. And does anyone else think the wings look a bit like Lillith’s body kite? Cause…that was my first thought…

  53. Didn’t someone say that Deryn and Alek were going to be in a movie or play or something at Hearst castle?
    Maybe this is just part of the movie.

  54. A HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    They are shooting a movie for Hearst in Mexico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Well…if i did read it right and they are shooting a movie…….

  55. we know there in California and since there are cacti in the background Feeyn must be in Death Valley ( which also goes well with the caption) Deryn doesn’t die because 1. The main character never dies. 2. she is the source of action and humor in this book 3. She can easily jump off the clip since she has wings that it would be stupid for her to die when esape is easily acessible. The walker will shoot at Deryn but she won’t get shot ( and if she does it’ll be somewhere that isn’t life threatning and somewhere that won’t handicap her like the shoulder) the Leviathan won’t find out she’s a girl but Alek and Dr.Barlow will. Count Volger will be the one to tell Alek that Deryns a girl ( because she won’t have the courage to do it) Alek and Deryn will stay away from eachother for part of the book but ten Alek will come to his senses and keep a secret relationship with her and in the end he will go back to Austria but he’ll never forget her and always love her Deryn will move on ( hopefully a new cuteiddie will show up <3) Newkirk gets an american girlfriend! the ending will be bittersweet like a war movie! the only thing that puzzles me is that America is a mixture of Darwin & Clanker so why is there a 100% Clanker walker (without flags or other
    markings to distinguish it) there and it's shooting at Deryn America is neutral. Unless she's spying/sabotaging again In a restricted American site.
    hmmm i have so many ideas but these are my most plausible

  56. we know there in California and since there are cacti in the background Feeyn must be in Death Valley ( which also goes well with the caption) Deryn doesn’t die because 1. The main character never dies. 2. she is the source of action and humor in this book 3. She can easily jump off the clip since she has wings that it would be stupid for her to die when esape is easily acessible. The walker will shoot at Deryn but she won’t get shot ( and if she does it’ll be somewhere that isn’t life threatning and somewhere that won’t handicap her like the shoulder) the Leviathan won’t find out she’s a girl but Alek and Dr.Barlow will. Count Volger will be the one to tell Alek that Deryns a girl ( because she won’t have the courage to do it) Alek and
    Deryn will stay away from eachother for part of the book but ten Alek will
    come to his senses and keep a secret relationship with her and in the end
    he will go back to Austria but he’ll never forget her and always love her
    Deryn will move on ( hopefully a new middie will show up <3) Newkirk gets
    an american or Japanese girlfriend! the ending will be bittersweet like a war
    movie the only thing that puzzles me is that America is a mixture of Darwin
    & Clanker so why is there a 100% Clanker walker (without flags or other
    Markings to distinguish it) maybe Deryns sabatoiging again on a restricted American military place and they found her?! hmm Idk but year are my most plausible estimates

    markings to distinguish it) there and it's shooting at Deryn America is neutral. Unless she's spying/sabotaging again In a restricted American site.
    hmmm i have so many ideas but these are my most plausible

  57. ooh yeah! i read somewhere that they shoot a movie so i bet this is the epic battle scene! and the walker is the camera or somethi

  58. Oh, dear. If that’s Alek’s walker, I’M gonna shoot someone. Gah. Don’t know what I’m talking about. Why is September 20th 20 days away?

  59. I read somewhere that the the American North is Clanker and the American South is Darwinist which I think is just genius on Scott’s part. It just makes so much sense. I don’t know where that leaves California though.

  62. Um, you know, I can’t help remembering the April “art reveal” and how some people thought it was photoshopped from actual artwork…
    What if that’s ALEK in the walker??
    Pph, NO! Silly me! Why would…
    Oh, right: This is Westerfeld we’re talking about.
    P.S. What if there wasn’t a movie based on “Leviathan” series…and instead it was an ANIME SERIES!!!!! (Just an idea, not a rumor)

  64. this. is. epic. I will have to camp out in front of my local bookstore now to be sure i can get this and find out what is going on… well, if my mom will let me…

  65. i hate u scott (not really) i wus reading ur midnighters series and u spoiled it!! grr but thank u for clarifiing for wordmaster and all others that yes, in fact, deryn has hair, ***gasp*** .

  66. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i want goliath now *has deprivation seziure*

  67. NOOO!!! She CANNOT die. I will now set fire to my computer and live in the woods (with my scarf plastered over my face) until September 20th. Maybe I’ll find a perspicacious (ha! spelled it right!) loris out there…

  68. *seizure sezure*
    WHO WANTS VIRTUAL CAKE?????

    @westerNOT
    i likes oranges, they fun to squirt into peoples eyes….he he he………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

  70. @scott
    despite the fact that i am, as many of us are, a cranky teenager, we still think u are awesome 0_o

    <)_purple_)

  76. @everyone
    who wishes to join the highly esteemed scarf-plastered-over-face club? hm?
    scott? wordmaster? clanker rose?

  77. I’m definitely thinking it’s a movie, especially since the US is still neutral in 1914. My guess is that they’re shooting a movie in California at the home of Hearst, and they have Deryn do some really awesomely death-defying stunt…and something goes a squick wrong…

    😀

  81. yay! add spof to ur name for the rest of ur life so that..um…i don’t know why but it makes u special!

    Scarf
    Plastered
    Over
    Face

  82. omgomgomgomg i cant waiiiiiiiiiiitttt eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  84. sowwy, i hyper from lack of oxygen, since i have a scarf on my face
    *takes deep yoga breaths* ooooooooommmmmm, ommmmmm i am the treeeeeeee, i am the treeeee
    i am (slightly) better now 0_o

  86. well if u start to hyperventalate then u pass out on the floor, its not fun. yawn! and i am tired, i am so lame, its only 7:30 where i live!

  88. zzzzzzzzzzalekzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzalekzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzcupcakezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    zzzdontkillderynzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzalekzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzninjazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  89. I am so happy that this comes out on my birthday!!! I makes me want to scream for joy!!!!!! September 20th, the day I was born and Goliath came out! Yay!

  90. deryn: “sigh, might as well”
    alek: “huh?”
    deryn: “alek i love you!”
    alek: “christs wounds, your gay!!!”
    deryn:”no you idiot, im a girl!”
    alek:”ohhh, that makes more sense, well i guess i love you too”
    deryn:”sigh…………………”

  93. @scott
    soo, about the cake……. do we get any? how bout just a picture of cake? just for kicks? *stares hopefully at the greatest author ever*

  95. Do any of u really think that deryn is going to randomly say “hey alek I’m a girl” and alek will immediately believe her?

  98. Sure.
    Volger: hey alek your best friend is a girl
    Alek: yeah rite
    Later…
    Alek: hey bovril are u a girl?
    Bovril: Mr.Sharp!
    Alek: oh dang it!!

  102. Hello Mr.Westerfeld sir.
    I would greatly appreciate it if u could possibly ship me a copy of the book right now.
    I would also greatly appreciate it if u could possibly autograph it also? That would be super cool.
    Thank you in advance
    Signed,
    Limabeanz

  103. well heres another:

    volger:stay away from alek
    deryn:why?
    volger:cause u are a girl!
    deryn: you are so sexist! *slaps volger and runs*
    volger: *stunned, stands frozen*
    alek: *walks up* um, why is your face have dylan’s handprint on it?
    volger: i hate him
    alek:okaaay…*walks cautiously away*
    volger:grrr

  105. 1. How did alek know that it was “dylan”‘s handprint? Has he been studying handprints?
    2. That’s not sexist!

  107. HERES HOW I THINK ITS GONNA GO DOWN:
    i bet its Volger who said “HEY DERYN, WHY DONT YOU TAKE THIS PAIR OF WINGS AND GO DOWN TO THAT CLIF SO WE CAN SHOOT-ERRR, I MEAN SCOPE OUT THE AREA. THATS A GOOD GIRL OUT YOU GO!!!” and then BANG he shoots!!! and deryn dives for it, then rolls off the cliff cuz the bullet grazed her shoulder, and the wings float her down. Alek saw all this (but volger didn’t know) so he goes to rescue deryn and thats when the whole IM A GIRL thing comes out. a couple smoches later and bing bang boom!!! happy ending!!!

  108. alek may be clueless, but at least hes cute, that can get him bonus points in my and deryn”s books

  109. ah
    heres mine
    alek: (randomly bursts into deryns room) dylan i need to talk to u!
    deryn: (who is drawing) what do u want alek
    dr. barlow: (also randomly bursts into deryns room) deryn everything is ready! u just have to…oh sorry alek
    alek: did u just call her deryn
    dr.barlow: um..no?
    bovril: Mr. Sharp!
    deryn: dr. barlow!!!!!

  110. CAKE? What is CAKE? And what in the world does it stand for?

    And, AAAAH!!! NO, NOT DERYN!!! SHOOT VOLGER INSTEAD!!! *sob*

  111. @selin
    yay for happy endings!!! would u like to join our scarf-plastered over-face club?
    @scott
    do volger and barlow get a happy fairytale ending too?

  112. come on! its very clear that somewhere throughout the book they film a movie. the “shooting” and the camera thing on the walker totally back this up!

  116. YES i have riveted you.
    but i am going to stop my fan fic there because that is the kind of ending that westerfeld would have.

  118. but if i DID keep going…deryn would probably leave angrily and alek would probably leave confusedly and barlow would probably leave ashamedly
    and bovril would laugh
    is ashamedly a word?

  123. fine i will finish
    deryn: (walks out angrily)
    alek: i must be hearing things
    barlow: (runs after deryn) im sorry der-dylan!!
    alek: there! she almost did it again! did u hear it bovril?
    bovril: MR.sharp

  125. oh alek, u are so handsome, yet utterly clueless….fast forward 10years…

    alek and deryn have 3 kids and are the rulers of austria-hungrey!
    yay, dr.barlow and volger are living in germany, and bovril has invented cupcakes!!
    YAY FOR BOVRIL!!!!!!
    YAY FOR CUPCAKES!!!

  128. such a great post-

    i think it’ll be a decently happy ending. but let’s remember that scott isn’t afraid of killing off our characters :/

    regardless, i wanna know what happens! and i want you to come to boston, mr.westerfeld! please??

  129. umm…ok
    deryn: hey alek
    alek: yeah?
    deryn: oh dang it (falls off the leviathan)
    alek: this is a really depressing ending.
    bovril: Mr. sharp!

  133. methinks alek finds out about deryn n then goes on an angry rampage with a walker he managed to pull out of a magical hat much like the one in frosty the snowman……..

  136. minicakes made in cups!!! yawn yawn yawn time 4 bed last one:

    alek is sitting on the top of the leviathan at night, deryn comes on top and sits next to him, volger comes out and says “hey alek, dylan is a girl” he goes back down. deryn kisses alek passionately on the lips, then runs back to her cabin. alek sits cold, cluless and confused on top of the ship. alek: “huh?”

  137. i know!!!!

    deryn: so alek-
    deryn’s mom: hey deryn u should never have gone into the military you are a stupid little girl u are coming home with me RIGHT NOW
    deryn: mom how did u get on the leviathan?
    alek: !!!!!!!!

  140. goodnite limabeanz, remember 2morrows fan art friday!! XD oo ask micah to join our club!

    @micah sharp
    are we related???

  145. @limabeanz
    hmm idk if we r…..is ur last name impossible to pronounce, by any chance?
    if so, u r prob related to me.

  150. oh hey scotty? since yah live in australia i was wondering if uk my cousins? ben and will? o n my aunt n uncle, amber and matt. they gave my Grandma australian honey, WHICH TASTES GOOD.

  151. errr no actually my last names a tad shorter than that…it amazes me how ppl can get it wrong! ITS FOUR FREAKIN LETTERS PPL!

  154. um…are u like aborigine or something?
    it sounds like…im sorry i understand the people who misprounce it
    okay… how bout… guy-jee? thats my best guess

  155. This is SO frickin’ cool. But a few things… Who is about to kill her? And I think that is Deryns final stand! AWESOME! Like a good steampunk movie. “oh @#$#! the walker is about to shoot me! Lucky theres a canyon and some convenient wings to save me!” Also… Why is she bald? I hope this isn’t cancer, cause that would suck.

  159. gee gee. like a guh sound, not a j sound. n no im not aborigine im like swiss and swedish or something. ssiighhh *facepalm* the gygi curse…

  160. i was gonna say gee gee but…i didnt
    thats so funny!!!!!!!
    come on FAN FIC FAN FIC
    we will not make fun of u if its sucky

  165. So….does “shoots deryn” actually mean she is shot, or is “shoots at” actually what it’s saying? Gah! And those wings make me think of the tale of Icarus…although hopefully Deryn won’t be falling out of the sky. I really want a pair, actually! OH MY GOODNESS WE ALMOST HAVE THE BOOK GAAAAH!

  167. HEY SCOTT IN YOUR NEXT BOOK CAN U STICK SPOF ON THE END OF PEOPLES NAMES INSTEAD OF LA AND WA!! PLZ THAT WOULD BE SO COOL

  169. deryn is caught in a nuclear explosion. the resulting radioactivity causes wings to grow. she flies off and joins mystical fairy beings, but her heart yearns for alek. she returns to her soul mate. then, please proceed to view my previous explanation of what happens in the picture. scotty, im sorry i ruined ur book. my genius had to b shared im afraid!

  170. Wait….. Did anyone read Scott’s comment about the jar of tears for his fans ‘just in case’? Scott, don’t kill Deryn. I was sad whenever Jess was kind of gone, but Deryn? Deryn is my favorite book character ever. I would probably go into a deep depression if she dies.

  173. GAAAAHHHHHRRRGGGERRRRRAAAAAHHHHH!
    the suspense is freaking killing me, I desperately need this book now. And no, Deryn is not going to die, that would be too suckish of an ending for everybody

  179. fine. im turning off my computer. if i comment in the next hour, i will take the spof off my name. goodbye.

  181. That is one BAMFing walker.

    Deryn will live. Because she’s Deryn.

    My guess is that Alek already fell off the cliff. I’m not saying that because I think it would be typical of him (of course it’s not,) but because that would make her protecting the ravine so much friggen cooler.

    FLY DERYN! FLY!

  182. huh. i like my idea better…….but mebbe urs cud b worked in…yeah..uh huh….im seeing it noww….so he shoots deryn, falls off the cliff, deryn uses super quick healing powers she has learned from the mystical fairies to heal her bullet wound. flies down, saves alek, leaves volger for dead, and bovril says mr. sharp. THE END

  184. Deryn will be shot to smithereens but using Clanker and Darwinist technology, they’ll bring her back as an cyborg.

  185. >_< * utter shock on face* I'm pretty sure the people in Africa also heard me screaming besides my mom. I am now DYING to read Goliath… *ambulance comes in view* What happened to Alek???!!! Why does Deryn have this really awesome wings?!?!? And while we're at it, what happened to Lilit?!?! Yeesh, my brain hurts from brain overload… but kinda worth it!:) I'm also really amused by the stories everyone wrote up there, I'm cracking up as the doctors attempt to shove me into the ambulance… I don't think Deryn will die, because 1. She's Deryn. 2. Scott will probably have a riot of fans outside his door if Deryn dies.(I'll be in that riot BTW) Can't wait to read Goliath!!! I better go now,and burn up the computer and go with the doctors before they call the police. I'll run away to the forest in a couple of days…

    P.S No cake??!?!!!!! Unfair, what are we suppose to do to wait for Goliath??? Plus, cake is pretty good for surviving in the forest. Just so we don't get hungry.

  186. Ehehehehehehehhehehehehhehhhh I love knowing what happens >:)

    This has to be one of my FAVOURITE pictures in the whole book!!!! I mean, wings, people! WINGS!!

  187. Oh s***

    Fly Deryn! Use your wings and fly!

    *cough*moneysontheclanker*coughcough* (totally kidding, btw)

    Dammit! How could you deprive us of cake?!?!

  189. What?! Deryn is not allowedd to die!!! Wait, does she really get shot, or is the walker just shooting AT her…

  191. Ok one more fan fic just for laughs
    Its been more than an hour gygi don’t do it to me

    Deryn: (gets shot and is about to die)
    Bovril: mr.sharp mr.sharp mr.sharp
    Deryn: shut up bovril I’m dying here (promptly dies)

    @ funeral…
    Minister: we will all grieve the loss of miss sharp.
    Alek: miss??!!
    Deryns mom: I loved her so much (sniff)
    Alek: her??!!
    (Alek passes by the coffin)
    Alek: why is he wearing a dress?
    (Alek looks at the funeral pamphlet)
    Alek: DERYN??!!
    Bovril: mr.sharp!
    Random mourner: shut up this is a funeral!

  192. Okay. I thought about it and here is what I think will happen. (Deryn does get shot in the stomach or something)

    Deryn:(bleeding on the ground)Alek! I love You!
    Alek:What?! you’re-
    Deryn:I’m not gay you ninny, I’m a girl!
    Alek:WHAT?!!!!!!!!*stutters*
    Alek:(Finally got over the shock of Deryn being a girl) I’m not letting you die. I’m getting help.
    Deryn:Don’t do that!
    (Alek is already halfway to the ship)
    Deryn:Dummkopf!

  193. Although this shall never happen, I might as well contribute my own Deryn/aleck idea: (please excuse the oddness of this situation. It’s 9 am….and I had chocolate)

    *Deryn and Alek are sitting on the Leviathan*
    Deryn: Alek, there’s something I think you should know. About me.
    Alek:……Please don’t tell me you’re gay.
    Deryn: WHAT?!
    Alek: I see the way you look at me sometimes.
    Deryn: Barking Spiders, you honestly think I’m a guy?!
    Alek: Er…..
    Deryn: I’M A BLOODY GIRL!
    Alek: O_o
    *Leviathan crashes to the ground in a ball of flame*
    Borvril: Oh the HUMANITY!
    Volger: That is NOT supposed to happen!
    Me: Well, I find this ending MUCH better than the one that probably occurs!
    Tesla: But you never even mentioned me!
    Me: Fine. You caused the ship to explode with your craziness.
    Volger: THAT MAKES NO SENSE!
    *Edison bursts in and proceeds to wrestle Tesla*
    Alek: What the heck is going on here?!
    Leonardo Decaprio: It’s all been a dream within a dream within a dream.
    Deryn: What?! How am I alive?!
    Me: Well, I can’t just let you die, can I?
    Alek: Wait, Deryn is a GIRL?!
    Deryn: *facepalms*

  194. I also find it funny that I mention that Deryn looks like she’s bald (It’s reeeeealy hard to tell) and everyone freaks out, until Scott-la says she actually does have hair.

  196. Wormaster: I like Deryn sharpie’s fanfics better. They make sense. Also, if anyone couldn’t tell, in mine, Alek tells the ship’s officer’s that deryn was shot, and the medics discover she’s a girl.

  199. All right, people, Alek finds out Deryn is a girl while retreaving the Goliath! At least that’s what the offical back cover says.

  201. I just finished ‘Goliath’ a few days ago from Galleygrab and I never realized how perfect the description for that illustration was, specifically when reading it out of context. Ha! And I think that’s all I can say without getting spoiler-y.

  203. Ok, since people are contributing their ideas as to how the secret is found out, I think I shall join in.

    I’m reeeeaaaally hoping that Volger (assuming that he knows Deryn’s secret, and I’m pretty sure he has some sort of idea) is the one that tells Alek and then Alek feels hideously betrayed. He confronts Deryn and there is a huge fight, leaving both of them extreamely upset. They still have to work together, however, but they don’t interact as they used to and the tension between them is very thick.

    I’m also really on the fence about wheather I’m hoping that this will be a tragedy or have a happy ending. I love a good tragedy (as terrible as that sounds) but I’m also a sucker for happy endings and giant piles of cheese. Both outcomes would be equally good, but I still don’t know which I’m hoping to see. :/

  205. “Oh the humanity!” Was the famous words uttered when the Hindenburg crashed. Borvrl is saying it because the Leviathan is goin down.

  208. well maybe Volger doesn’t know that Deryns a girl he just thinks she’s gay cause you know he never clearly said that he knew, he only said “there’s something about the way you stand. And your outbursts on Alek’s behalf have also been revealing. But really it was the look on your face just now that removed all doubt”
    Just a posibility on that subject. Im not too sure about this whole picture thing going on cause ive only just finished Behemoth like a week ago so i missed all the other picture reavlingings so if any of you could send put a link down I would LOVE that!!!! and also putting up links for all this information you guys are getting like where did you hear that there making a movie in the book?? anyways.
    I would greatly appreciate all the help.
    😀

  210. Oh and another thing. All the picture titles through the book have been rather strange an example; Ok i can;t find any now but still they’ve never been 100% correct if you know what i mean?? anyone??

  211. ;n; WHAT. I took time out of taking my history notes to look at the art reveal and this happens?! DX I SHOULD HAVE NEVER CHECKED *dying slowly* ;n; My history teacher wondered why I was almost crying in the middle of class XD I was like the sheer beauty and amount of how much this picture is making me die on the inside DX at least we only have to wait like 18 days till it comes out. (unless my book comes late =n= then I’m reading it in the store.)

  213. @TheWordMaster: I know that but for bovril to say something he has to have heard it. So unless Bovril Is listening to American radio for some reason…

  214. …
    This teaches me to never procrastinate again. One minute I’m doing an essay, the next minute I wander off to see whats going on at westerblog, see some delicious C.A.K.E …and then this.
    Gimme dat jar, I’m going to go cry for a bit.
    On another note, even more excited for Goliath now!

  215. OH THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!!! JUST GET PUBLISHED ALREADY!!! Hope Amazon shipping is fast for this one…preorder!! *hyper*
    Who says it’s Alek and Co. in there? hehehe Germans vs flying girl and Alek to the rescue!!!

  216. I love how everyone’s all “What if it’s not shipped soon enough?” and I’m like “Muahaha!” because I’ve got an e-reader and will therefore receive my copy of Goliath the at exactly midnight on the twentieth.

    LIVE, DERYN, LIVE!

  218. First of all I’d like to say great job done here by Mr. Keith Thompson but HOLY SHIT! “The Walker Shoots Deryn”?! SHOOTS?!?! Who the hell would shoot Deryn? She’s so badass and… DASHING, I dare say. If there were a way books and the real world overlaped and I lived in 1914 I would… But BESIDES that, who’s controlling the walker, Alek?! And WHAT excactly is she wearing, some kind of mechanical wings? Does she die? Because if she does, I’ll… I don’t know what. Probably destroy something. But bloody hell, Scott-la better supply us with answers when next he posts.

  219. Okay, well, responding incredebly quickly, Scott-la or someone on here removed my last comment because I cussed, which really pissed me off. But anyway, here’s what I can remember of it:

    First of all I’d like to say wonderful job by Mr. Kieth Thompson, but HOLY SH!T! “The Walker Shoots Deryn”?! Why the hell would somebody shoot Deryn?! She’s so badass and… DASHING, dare I say. In fact, if books and real life overlapped and it were 1914 I’d… But BESIDES that, who’s in the walker, Alek?! Does she die? Because if she does, I’ll… I don’t know what. Probably destroy something. Out of grief for a fictional character. That’s how shocked I am.

  221. @ Liana Volger does also start that whole “MR. Sharp” thing, in fact just after that part you just reprinted without permission. 🙂 But who am I to talk? I’ve done that on here too. You know, reprinted without permission.

  222. @Liana and he says “something about the way you stand” which would reveal something about her body, not her mind.

  226. I really wish i didn’t see these photo’s cause now a have a bit of what could happen, and its KILLING me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  227. Scott-la, can I just say that you suck? I don’t mean that in a bad way; you’re an amazing author and I love your books and I love that you actually care about your fans, but seriously? Keeping us in suspense in taunting us? Not nice, certainly not nice. 🙁

  228. Dear Scott,
    Is Deryn Blonde with blue eyes? because i have seen many fanmade pictures of her with blonde hair and blue eyes or is she a blonde with dark brown eyes or brunette? just curious
    Sincerely,
    Ana

  229. You know what? There does appear to be a movie camara on that walker, which could shoot Deryn, in a different way.

  230. Those wings dont look darwinest, (which I would picture with a type of membrane like bat wings) and the object on top of the walker looks stubby to be a cannon, so I agree with the camera idea but kind of over kill to send a walker to take a pic. Even if that walker looks a little old a weathered…. And bears no German or other symbols…..hmmm

  231. I’m new. Here’s my dialog:
    Alex & derryn on deck.
    Derryn: alec… There’s something I have to tell you.
    Alec: I know.
    Derryn: I lov- what?!?!?!
    Alec: yeah. I know you’re gay.
    Derryn: wha- no, I’m-
    Alec: it’s okay. So am I
    Alec kisses her
    Derryn falls off deck while screaming “I’m a girl you idiot!!!”
    SPLAT!!!
    Alec: oops.

    I know it’s dumb.
    In the picture, I think that the clankers shoot derryns fabricated cicada wings, and she falls, but she has a parachute. Or maybe it means that they try to shoot her and miss. but it’s totally a gun

  233. I simply can not believe that I forgot about this! Curse you up comming homecomming week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CURSEEEEEEEEE YOOOOOOOOOOOUUU.
    Anyway . . .
    Deryn’s got her wings!
    Wait- does that picture say- HOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYY SHIZ.
    My stupids eyes misread the picture. I thought it said that Deryn shoots the walker and that it had some complicated name that started with a ‘d’ not that she get’s shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *facepalm*
    Ah, now I feel so stupid.
    I’m not sure if I can wait for Goliath, I made my parents promise to go to walmart that day. Either that or I will take down the only book store in town for it. If I don’t get it that day, then my parents will have to suck it up and pay for a verson on my nook and a real page by page book. >:D

  234. Shoot, I just remembered!!!!! I’m @ camp when Goliath comes out!!!!*screams* OMG, now I have to get it later!!!!!!!!! How will I live with myself??!!! Oh well, at least I’ll be living in the forest…. kinda. Hopefully Deryn will live through this!!!! And as much as I love the camera theory, I really think it’s going to shoot Deryn, gun-wise…

  235. I still stand by my theory that the walker looks oldish and their are no marking like on other German walkers, I think Alex must have escaped with his men and stole/found this walker and Deryn is sent to find him

  236. Do you guys think that the whole “HEY ALEK, IM A GIRL” will really happen Mulan style? with the whole deryn getsshot caption and the hint about the wings???

  237. two words, Awesome Sauce! Dude, I love the walker. note how totally American it looks.
    I Can’t wait for this book but at the same time I’m sad it’s ending. :’)

  238. Hmm…

    Ok. I’ve decided.

    My interpretation of the picture:

    They could very well be in California or some other sort of desert state of the U.S. BUT what if they were in Mexico or something? (but why would they go to either of those places?)

    I don’t think I like the idea of them shooting a movie…idk why, it just seems a little….counterproductive. Unless it’s a sort of I’ll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch-mine sort of deal they had to make….Either way I’m rooting for the outcome of Deryn getting shot in the shoulder or something. And falling off a cliff.

    And those wings look pretty Darwinist to me as far as whatever sort of fabric-like material that is used to catch the air, but the frame that’s holding it together looks sorta Clanker. This could very well help the theory of them being in California; wasn’t it mentioned in Behemoth how America used both Clanker and Darwinist technology?

    Either way. Only 15 more days.

  239. Two ways this could go: 1.) She dies. 2.) They go all Mulan on us. And considering hoe badass a movie Mulan was, let’s hope for number 2.

  240. Well personally id like to think it’s them shooting a movie, but Im still not certain and i don’t think Scott’s the kinda writer that’ll us the whole “Mulan” thing. I think that if it were to be a gun it will either shoot the wings and Deryn will go flying into the giant canyons underneath her, of will somehow be hurt in a small way and then Alek will do something crazy warrior while Deryn’s in the hospital or at least sick so she can’t really do anything and Alek will come talk to Deryn once his epic solo journey ends and Deryn will tell Alek all the little details (being a girl) and im still not sure how i picture Alek to react i dont think he’ll be all “OMG I LOVE YOU TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (snogging snogging snogging) but i don’t think they’ll wait 100000 years before finally realizing there meant to each other. |
    That’s how i think it’ll work out.
    oh and maybe they think its a camera, but truly its gun so they actually shoot Deryn??????????????

  241. sorry some phrasing issue’s there :S it’s really late and i only re read it after i submit’d it.
    My bad 😀

  242. Two thing I think will happen Deryn is dying and tells Alex that she’s a girl or something dramatic were Alex saves her life

  243. hmmmmmm…
    that thing shooting Deryn as a suspicious lack of guns. Wonder how that’s going to work.
    so, she’s obviously in a desert, probably in America or Mexico, and there’s a cliff behind her and a giant walker in front of her. but that’s okay, because she’s got these cool wings that i really can’t tell whether they’re darwinest or clanker but i’m leaning towards clanker and MY BRAIN JUST EXPLODED A LITTLE!
    also. Why no cake? that disappointed me beyond measure (crys in corner)

  244. I JUST REALIZED THAT GOLIATH COMES OUT IN TEN DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M FREAKING OUT!!!!! and who’s stupid idea was it to release goliath on a tuesday? now i’ll be forced to stay up all night reading it then be dead for school on wednesday! (*grumbles and wants to swear at Scott even though it isn’t his fault and also can’t because I LOVE HIS WORK SO MUCH and if i curse at him i might hurt his feelings and make him stop writing and then life as we know it would cease to exist and I’M STILL FREAKING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(I didn’t have enough exclaimation marks yet)

  245. You r rite!!!! IT SHOULD COME OUT ON FRIDAY! OR SATURDAY!!!!! I am thinking about taking my “one hooky day a year deal” with my mom to get this book.

  246. Oh. My. God. Ahhhhhhhhhgggggggg!!!!! I. Cant. Wait. Goliath.
    And my birthday is three days after goliath comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am turning 12 september 23!!!!!! Yay! Yay! 🙂 <3 <3 <3 🙂 :):)

  247. What I think’s gonna happen is deryn finally tells alek shes a girl and they fight, he storms off in a raging anger and gets himself caught. Then deryn comes to save him. And just as she about to get shot she jumps off the cliff and pretends to die. Then alek will find a way out, and he goes off to find deryn but meets up with volger, he goes back to Austria-Hungery and sees and english paper that deryn was to be hung for traitory for helping alek, for what ever reason ’cause i don’t want to list only one. He goes Glasgow to see Jaspert and her family, but finds her with another boy, the two were planning to go to london togather, but she doesnt want to go after she saw volger and klopp, and then alek and her live happliy ever after. Lolz.

  249. BARKING SPIDERS 8 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I can not wait, it sucks for me cause i have an older sister and so we’ll buy 1 copy and she wont let me read it until she finishes cause well she’s the “OLDER” one and so she’ll either cry or laugh and will just be sitting in my room with a pillow over my head I cannot wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  250. I have the itching feeling that the massive clinker thing that shoots Deryn out of the sky is the Goliath.

    …

    On another subject, it looks like Deryn now has an addiction to Red Bull.

  252. If Deryn dies…I will rip my hair out. If Alek kisses her I will do a victory dance. If my friend is watching she will do this o.O and i would not care.
    My idea….

    (The walker shoots at Deryn)
    Deryn- Uh on *she dives down into the cliff thingamajig*
    Alek- *looks down from Leviathan* Dylan!
    Bovril- soup…
    Alek- WTF?
    Bovril- Wtf! *laughs*
    Volger- Are you just going to stand their and let your girlfriend die
    Alek- My girlfriend? That was Dylan
    Volger- you mean Deryn….
    Alek- * o.O grabs Bovril and goes down to the cliff*
    Deryn- Alek! *She flies up to him*
    Alek- *kisses her*
    Bovril and Deryn- Wtf
    Alek- You’re a girl Volger told m—-
    Deryn- *kisses him* I love you Alek.
    Bovril- *gags* humans!
    Deryn- *wakes up from dream* aww man it isn’t real.
    Jaspert- What isn’t real?
    Deryn- a dream I had about being a soldier…
    Jaspert- yeah right like THAT’S gonna happen. Why don’t you go ballooning with dad?
    Deryn-…..

  254. ohwut. well. if she’s shot, i suppose they’re gonna find out her identity when she goes to the infirmary…. xD
    five more days :O

  255. Deryn can’t die she’s supposed to get together with Alek! Sorry i’m a sucker for sappy romantic endings…

    Is this somewhere in America? For one, they have desert cacti in the background…

    Mr. Westerfeld, your collaboration with Keith is seriously awesome. You should do another series with him!

  256. My heart clenches at this picture, just the feeling of it. The threat of such a looming machine, the barrels of it’s guns aimed at you (well, Deryn) Best bet, take a leap of faith. Especially with such a wonderful contraption on your back!

    Speaking of said contraption, I got excited. Not the idea of Deryn flying with her own wings (which would most likely be her dream come true….Hm, when did she have a dream of flying with gossamer wings? I saw the foreshadow Mister Westerfeld and I salute you! Of course I could be completely off -laugh-)

    Right off topic, I am an art fanatic and my idol has always been the great Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci. So, seeing a flying machine much like that of the great Da Vinci’s drawings. Has made me so happy, even if it might not have been referenced or thought of (Maybe not, after all I have yet to read the final book). But when I see it, it reminds me of a different version of the Italian man’s dream. Who was also extremely mad for flying. So seeing this truly connects me to the book even more.

    I almost want to gather materials and build Deryn’s contraption! I’d probably walk around Grand Rapid’s Artprize with it on my back, or stand next to the steam pig. More off topic, I apologize but I’m absolutely giddy about this, not just from the picture that Mister Thompson is absolutely wonderful at. (Someone else I look up to in art). But also from the end of a wonderful series. I never fallen into a book so easily and read it faithfully. Although it saddens me to know that the end has come, it also makes me happy that this amazing world, the people, the creatures,and the machines had been created. The story written, and given.

    So thank you Mister Westerfeld, and Mister Thompson for creating and drawing an absolutely wonderful trilogy for not just the young, but for everyone enjoy.

    Also I apologize for my rantings, My mind tends tends to wander and think of all the possibilities that can appear during the current situation.

    Now I’m off to wait by the mailbox for the book.

  259. But why would they use a massive walker with a tiny camera on it for filming? Or maybe they’re filming it from somewhere else and the walker shooting her is what they’re filming.

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