Romulus Buckle and the Luminiferous Aether (The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin #3) (28 page)

Buckle was home.

But Sabrina and Elizabeth and Welly were not home.

Not yet.

THE END

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This is the third book in a long series and a lot of good people have helped me along the way. First, as always, I must thank my parents, Richard and Janet, and my wife, Shelley for their endless love and support. I thank my daughters, Sabrina and Amelia, for providing motivations and rewards of the most endearing kind. And Kellie the dog is always somewhere nearby.

My work is shepherded by my brilliant and patient agent, Mark Gottlieb, at Trident Media Group. I gratefully acknowledge the support of Adrienne Lombardo and Alex Carr who originally championed the series (and still do). I also wish to thank authors Jeff and Ann VanderMeer, whose continued encouragement and support for this series have helped me keep my chin up even in troubled waters. I would also be remiss if I did not thank my fellow authors at Westmarch Publishing, who know what it is to live the writing life.

A special thanks to artist Eamon O’Donoghue, whose fantastic cover illustrations surely have sold more books than the scribbles inside, and to Roberto Calas, whose wonderful Snow World map has been much anticipated by readers. I offer a heartfelt thanks to Robert Kroese for his superb copy edit and assistance in formatting, plus another heartfelt thanks to Cynthia L. Moyer for her crackerjack proofread and formatting aid. There are so many others to thank for their help along the way, including Julia Kenner, Jeremy Zerfoss and Jeremy L. C. Jones.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Ellis Preston, Jr. is fascinated by the steampunk genre, which he sees as a unique storytelling landscape. 
Romulus Buckle and the Luminiferous Aether
is the third installment in his steampunk series,
The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin
. He has also published the first novel in his young adult adventure series,
The League of the Sphinx: the Purple Scarab
. Richard has also written for film and television. He lives in California and haunts Twitter @RichardEPreston. You can also find him on Facebook at Richard Ellis Preston, Jr. and on the web at
richardellisprestonjr.com
.