You do make some good points Mith.  It could just be my paranoia, but Vinnypop also brought a good point about the duels which is very much like the Juris Macto.

The duels are also very "Age of Sail" . . .

I seriously doubt it will be progress until after Peace Talks is done. I seem to recall seeing a reference to the names of all three of the first books, but I could very easily be wrong. :-)

Well, the "Cone Albion" just doesn't sound right . . . 

Or the "Cube Albion" for that matter . . . 

I don't really see the steam punk in Cinder Spires at all the be honest.  It's just.... British.

Oh, its steampunk but Jim isn't hitting you in the face with how steampunk it is! Rock solid story with characters that draw you in!

Awesome! I'm going through the audio book for a second time!

I listened to samples of Euans work on Audible prior to my earlier post and I'm not sure how I feel about his voice. I'll be getting the book first thing on Sept 29th for the first read and then will likely pick up the audio version from Audible for subsequent reads. (Thats what I do with the Dresden books!) If Euan's performance grabs me then I will certainly pick up the rest of the series on audio as they come out. This is what I did with Codex Alera, though I ended up going with only the audio version for the books after book 1. Kate Reading did a good job on the series.

Murdoch Mysteries, the original title of the series, is AWESOME!

I went to Audible and searched: "The Cinder Spires: the Aeronaut's Windlass". It found THE BOOK (give me the book), so I log into Audible and it says: "We're sorry. Due to publishing rights restrictions, we are not authorized to sell this item in the country where you live." That sucks I cannot pre-order yet, however it does kind of hint that it will be available at some point.
If you want the spectacularly vague page: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Aeronauts-Windlass-Audiobook/B00XKCNARK/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1432580337&sr=1-1

Thank you for the link! I tried a search on Audible but nothing came up.

Unfortunately I too got the note about not being available in "in the country where you live". I also noted tha the company that is producing that edition is a UK company so, based on the statement of "rights restriction", I assume that the negotiations for the US edition haven't been completed yet. The fact that a UK version is in the works though bodes well for a US edition!