Aarcflick

The ending of Leviathan revolved around Alek and Sharp's efforts to prevent the Germans from capturing Tesla's machine, Goliath, and also to prevent Tesla from activating it and destroying Berlin. How did it get to that point? Well, as Volger, Alek's caretaker, explained, Austria and Serbia had been at war for quite some time. Then, Serbia murdered Alek's parents, prompting Austria to invade Serbia. Russia entered the scene to support Serbia. Germany joined to oppose Russia and maintain the Clanker alliance it had with Austria.  For their part, the British and French were searching for a weapon capable of causing mass destruction before the Germans (who had already stolen the ray-generating cannon) got it. This weapon, the Goliath, had been created by Tesla as an instrument of peace. He planned to unleash it on the capital of every country willing to declare war, starting with Berlin, because the Germans had come to the shores of New York to steal Tesla's invention....