Vonn Firetail, former human from Earth, has been summoned by the king. Vonn has his own airship and the chance to pry himself away from his shop to visit the capital. Not everyone in the sprawling waterfall city appreciates a gang of upstart inventors showing off engines, photography, and stories from an alien land. Someone has it in for them. Vonn and his friends need money and resources to grow their fledgling company from a small-time builder of flying machines into a world-shaking force. Can he make a good impression on the powerful, and get home intact? Direct sequel to "Rising World", and "The Rising World Company", both of which have appeared on RR. This is meant as a preview of the published book, not the whole thing here. However, I'm interested in writing a short story in the same world that could go here.