An very enjoyable steampunk romp of quick pace non stop action from the start to finish. Hope the world building continues in which it started.

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths.Zeppelins!The image of those huge, silvery-skinned dirigibles drifting above the earth with a cloud-filled sky as a backdrop has always captured my imagination. Honestly, I’m not ashamed to say I have purchased several books just because they had a zeppelin on the cover: Michael Moorcock’s The War Lord of the Air being one of them. So, when I ran upon Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders, I knew I had to read this novel.From the first sentence, Mr. Pre...

Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders was my first adventure into the world of steampunk. I have been wanting to read something in this genre for some time, but wasn't sure where to start. So, of course I asked for requests from you wonderful people here on GR. The response was better than I had hoped. I got a quite a few recs, and after much debating with myself, decided to start with this series to get my feet wet. Thank you for all of the recommendations. I can't wait to read each and...

I'm afraid that I'm going to have to give up on this one. I have a four chapter rule. If a book cannot grab me within four chapters, I don't care how epic and awesome it might become later on, and I move onto something that CAN grab me in the first four chapters. Which is sad, because I've been hearing a lot of good things about this book.What I read of the book was terribly written, confusing schlock that took itself WAY too seriously. The book begins with something of an action scene that negl...

A sensational steampunk of idiosyncratic eccentricity, quirky concepts and magical wonder! “Romulus Buckle & the city of the founders” by Richard Ellis Preston is an exciting new edition to the steampunk/ fantasy genre, of refreshing originality and extraordinary premise. This debut set within a distopian future is a tale of high action and adventure that takes you on a thrilling ride of unforgettable memorability and remarkable uniqueness. The sweeping saga is full of significant potential;...

A thoroughly entertaining, good old fashioned fun read, I promise! Just sit back and let the world-building come to life in your mind, and you will find yourself lost in steampunk action at its chaotic best!Set in the future, after a devastating alien invasion has brought the world to its knees, Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders by Richard Ellis Preston, Jr., is a swashbuckling adventure of epic proportions as Romulus and his zeppelin crew cut through the skies on a dangerous missio...

Romulus Buckle & etc etc. So whilst Richard Ellis Preston Jr. has a mighty impressive authors name (which sounds like it needs Michael Buffer to introduce) it appears he has some great marketing nounce. Obviously impressed with his own moniker, REP.jr realised how much a name and great cover art can impress those perusing the book store looking for something new. Ladies and Gentlemen, in the hot corner and competing for the Steam Punk heavy weight title of the world........ Rrrrrrrrrrrrrromu...

Stick Horatio Hornblower in a steampunk Zeppelin, deck him out in leathers and top hat, let him keep his musket and his sabre and then transport him to post apocalyptic California half a millennium down the track - and you have Romulus Buckle & the Lost City of Los Angeles the City of the Founders.So we have a lot of swash buckling on the High...well, just up high. We have steam powered jetpacks, we have a Zeppelin with Cannons and a pneumatic turreted machine gun - oh yeah, we have us some...

http://www.rantingdragon.com/review-o...Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders is the debut novel by Richard Ellis Preston Jr., and it is a thoroughgoing steampunk tale of high adventure and action in a future dystopian United States.Don't let your settings grow up to be cowboysA common problem I've found with a lot of steampunk is the way that the setting completely takes over the entire process of your story. I know that steampunk is more than just a genre. There's fashion, music, lingo...

I got a copy of this book to review through the Amazon Vine program. This is the first book in The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin series. I love steampunk books and was excited to read this one. Unfortunately I ended up not finishing it, it was just too hard to read and I could not stay engaged in the story.Captain Romulus Buckle and his crew are taking their ship, the Pneumatic Zeppelin, on a mission to rescue their leader Balthazar Crankshaft. Their mission leads them across lands devast...