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Romulus Buckle & the Engines of War (The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin) Paperback – November 19, 2013

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  • Series: The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin
  • Paperback: 476 pages
  • Publisher: 47North (November 19, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1477807683
  • ISBN-13: 978-1477807682
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Lots of Good Stuff, But ...
By Richard Jackson on July 6, 2013
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First an admission: I was able to get an advance reader's copy of RB and the E of W for review and have not read the first part of this series. But I can comment on what I found.

I liked the writing, a curious mixture of British (arse instead of ass, railway for railroad) and a pseudo Victorian manner of speech. Also, once the story got into the main thread, the descriptions and action were very good.

However, the first almost one third of the book involved desperate struggles with highly unlikely beasts (or "beasties" as the book has it). One is required to suspend disbelief in science fiction/steam punk but I just could not accept packs of four eyed saber toothed monsters on an ice plateau near Tehachapi, California. Predators need prey, and there would be no herds of buffalo or equivalent with no grazing to be had. The same applies to the kraken, a huge winged beastie apparently existing at 11,000 ft. This first part of the book seemed to be superfluous, and only there to fill up space with a long tale of desperate struggle.

And then the injured characters have long dream-like flashbacks and visions. Mystical stuff which I did not care for.

There is also lots of girlie stuff. Buckle is surrounded by several attractive women and there is a reasonable amount of "romantic tension" without its leading to anything. I can handle that, but descriptions of woman putting on corsets???? I say!

The last part of the book has excellent action, it's no kind of spoiler to tell that its a long drawn out airship battle. I enjoyed that and would have given this book 4 stars, but then I asked myself, "Am I hooked enough to go for the next episode?" Since the answer was "No" I felt only three stars was appropriate.

There are probably hordes of Buckle fans really annoyed at this review and to them I say, "Enjoy!"
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Buckle down!
By EA Solinas HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on August 15, 2013
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Steampunk novels are more fun when something extra is inserted into the story -- space travel, zombies, cloud squirrels, et cetera.

And there is a LOT of extra stuff in "Romulus Buckle & The Engines of War" -- a futuristic, icy version of Earth with sabretoothed tigers, steam-powered airships, and plenty of aliens. It's a pulpy, piratey kind of adventure story, with lots of fun action scenes -- but Richard Ellis Preston Jr. does have a distracting tendency to ramble.

Romulus and a grievously wounded Max are stranded in the Devil's Punchbowl, with wild beasts trying to eat them. But they have no time to rest when they are rescued, because Romulus has discovered a shocking fact -- it was the Founders, not the Imperials, who stole his sister. The only hope of stopping the Founders is by uniting the various disparate groups against them.

But there are obstacles in the way of the Pneumatic Airship -- vast sky krakens, political squabbling, saboteurs, and a shocking revelation about one of Romulus' own crew. As a war starts to rev up between the Founders and the other clans, the airship's crew finds itself on an ambassadorial mission that turns into a battle.

"Romulus Buckle & The Engines of War" is basically steampunk pulp -- which I mean in the most affectionate way possible. It's a colorful, fast-moving story with plenty of vivid scenes (giant sabretoothed tigers with four green glowy eyes!) and exciting action scenes with muskets and cutlasses. It's a rollicking ride, sort of like steampunk pirates without the theft.

The one problem is Preston's writing style. He packs in a lot of solid dialogue and vivid descriptions, which are lots of fun to read. But he has an unfortunate tendency to write in long, rambling sentences.Read more ›
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
It's Kind of Like a Pirate Movie with Airships
By J. Wiles Parker VINE VOICE on July 1, 2013
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If you read Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders and liked it, you'll probably like the second installment, Romulus Buckle & the Engines of War. Ditto if you weren't really a fan of book one you probably will feel similar about book two. The same problems plague this book as the first: overly descriptive passages that actually do not tell you a whole lot, the occasional repetitive dialogue (though thankfully less of it), and a general lack of plot despite the thickness of the book and action sequences.

To be fair, Preston Jr. does drop some more hints as to what is to come. He also has a tendency to drop said hints then completely make them disappear only to reappear later after you've forgotten about them. The action travels from point A to point B, but often in such a long winded fashion that I often felt like I forgot what point A was and wondered why Romulus and co. were heading to point B again. It's strangely episodic in the way a film or television show ought to be, but a book should not. Not that the action is hard to follow, there just is not enough character development aside from basically saying that just about every female character in Romulus crew is basically in love with him. (Oops, spoilers?). In short, there is a lot of surface stuff going on but not a lot of depth as if the actors are missing to flesh out the characters.

Could be worse, I guess. As far as book two goes, it's basically just a light read much like book one was, though I did have fun in this second book playing the "I wonder where he pulled that historical person's name from" game. If you read other steampunk, particularly the alternative history variety by authors such as Mark Hodder and Scott Westerfeld, you'll likely recognize some of the character inspirations.
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Relentlessly Takes Ur Breath Away on Nonstop Adventure!

I loved every page in this book, even though I listened to it on audio. The thrill ride just continues on, relentlessly taking ur breath away on nonstop adventure. Read more

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The second book is much better than the first book but be aware that there are no other books after this and it does leave you hanging at the end.

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Great sequel.

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Published 6 months ago by AlyMel
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Good action romp.

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If Interested, Make Sure to Read Volume I

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The story picks up right where the first book ended. Buckle and Crew are preparing for war, trying to get all the Nation's together to combine forces against the founders. Read more

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