Planesrunner: Everness, Book 1

Everett spends most of the novel dodging the villainous Charlotte Villiers and the members of the sinister Order. Sometimes there are physical confrontations (including a no-holds-barred fist fight that leaves particpants beaten and bloodied), but the violence is far from graphic. A battle between two helium-filled airships results in major casualties for the losers. Perhaps the most unsettling weapon in the book is the jumpgun, which sends its victim into another universe without hope of return. Other weapons are used as well, and there's a sense of peril/danger throughout the book. A kidnapping sets the plot in motion.

Sen, the teenage foster daughter of Captain Sixsmyth, flirts with Everett, but the characters have little time to pursue their attraction, given the nearly nonstop danger and action.

Swearing is kept to a minimum, with only an "arse," a "tit" or a "bastard" here and there. Some of the inhabitants of Earth 3 speak a street dialect known as palari, which mixes influences from English, Cockney, Yiddish, Romani, Gaelic, and "polari," a secret gay language from our world. McDonald provides a glossary.