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Aeronauts
Dr. Julian McQuillen wants revenge. He spent years helping Charles Babbage perfect the Difference Engine, only to watch the British Crown seize his life's work. Now he's taken it back—and wrapped it in thirty tons of bronze fury.
His mechanical colossus doesn't just walk through London. It erases it, street by street. Life by life.
Queen Victoria has one option Jason Thessel, the disgraced nobleman she imprisoned for treason. She'll restore everything she took from him—title, fortune, future—if he can recover the Engine before England becomes a memory written in rubble and ash.
But Jason can't do it alone. Meet the crew of the
Dorian Paulus — Decorated war hero with blood on his hands and memories that won't let him sleep
Abner & Myron Quigley — The demolition experts who answered injustice with fire
Gabriel Benham — Steals from London's elite to feed its forgotten poor
Ada Millbanke — Engineering prodigy carrying her great-grandmother Ada Lovelace's torch into a world that doesn't trust women with machines
They're criminals, outcasts, and broken souls. They're also England's last hope.
THE Chase McQuillen across Europe. Survive mechanical death-traps that blend Victorian engineering with mathematical precision. Stop the doctor before he reduces civilization to calculation and ash.
THE Everything.
Adventure demands courage. Heroism demands sacrifice. England demands the Aeronauts.
Your airship awaits. Climb aboard.
His mechanical colossus doesn't just walk through London. It erases it, street by street. Life by life.
Queen Victoria has one option Jason Thessel, the disgraced nobleman she imprisoned for treason. She'll restore everything she took from him—title, fortune, future—if he can recover the Engine before England becomes a memory written in rubble and ash.
But Jason can't do it alone. Meet the crew of the
Dorian Paulus — Decorated war hero with blood on his hands and memories that won't let him sleep
Abner & Myron Quigley — The demolition experts who answered injustice with fire
Gabriel Benham — Steals from London's elite to feed its forgotten poor
Ada Millbanke — Engineering prodigy carrying her great-grandmother Ada Lovelace's torch into a world that doesn't trust women with machines
They're criminals, outcasts, and broken souls. They're also England's last hope.
THE Chase McQuillen across Europe. Survive mechanical death-traps that blend Victorian engineering with mathematical precision. Stop the doctor before he reduces civilization to calculation and ash.
THE Everything.
Adventure demands courage. Heroism demands sacrifice. England demands the Aeronauts.
Your airship awaits. Climb aboard.
273 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 27, 2026
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January 27, 2026
I received an advanced copy of this book from the author. This is my honest review.
This is a steampunk story of a disgraced nobleman, a group of disreputable reprobates, a young woman scientist, traitors and the royalty of two nations.
London was a smoky city in the 1800’s as it was but it would have been so much worse if this story was factual. The amount of coal powered steam engines would have made the air so dense it would have been even more difficult to breathe.
The characters are so well written that I feel that I know them personally. There adventures are written in such a way that I felt almost as if I were there too.
Although it is a steampunk story, it was also an emotional roller-coaster.
I heartily recommend this book even to those who do not usually read this genre as it was such an enjoyable read.
This is a steampunk story of a disgraced nobleman, a group of disreputable reprobates, a young woman scientist, traitors and the royalty of two nations.
London was a smoky city in the 1800’s as it was but it would have been so much worse if this story was factual. The amount of coal powered steam engines would have made the air so dense it would have been even more difficult to breathe.
The characters are so well written that I feel that I know them personally. There adventures are written in such a way that I felt almost as if I were there too.
Although it is a steampunk story, it was also an emotional roller-coaster.
I heartily recommend this book even to those who do not usually read this genre as it was such an enjoyable read.
August 24, 2026
The book starts off with a bang and continues to be engaging the whole way through. The language and plot are perfect for readers who love steampunk; it’s got that industrial revolution, you can practically taste the smog and smell the machine oils, kind of feel. I especially appreciated the creativity that went into the mechanical creatures (and various gadgets) that appear in the book. I look forward to reading more of this genre and more from this author.
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