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Is there any chance that there will be a sequel to this novel? I would love to see the story continued!

Kathleen Flynn Hi Madeleine -- well, there's a chance. I'd put it at 67 percent or so at this moment. Thanks so much for taking the the time to read Project!

And I h…moreHi Madeleine -- well, there's a chance. I'd put it at 67 percent or so at this moment. Thanks so much for taking the the time to read Project!

And I hope this means you liked and not that you felt the ending was too unresolved. I personally hate it when I get to the end of books and realize it's not really an ending at all and the author is just trying to trick me into reading the next book. I tried not to do that.(less)

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Not so much a question as an observation: I am starting to feel that only copy editors should be allowed to write Austenesque fiction! The standards are so much higher than in the average fanfic (not just in language but also in plotting and historical research). Yours and another copy editor’s—Claire M. Johnson’s Pen and Prejudice—are far and away my two favorites in the genre. ?

Kathleen Flynn thanks for standing up for the copy editors. We are an injured body!

I hadn't heard of Pen & Prejudice but after reading your review I am going to go…more thanks for standing up for the copy editors. We are an injured body!

I hadn't heard of Pen & Prejudice but after reading your review I am going to go look for it.(less)

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As I read this book, I can't help but imagine that this will make an incredible history-literary-sci-fi (all the best things) movie. Is there any chance that this could happen?

Kathleen Flynn Tyler! If you have any friends in the film industry, please mention this to them. Sadly I don't. Whether, or when, books get made into movies seems la…moreTyler! If you have any friends in the film industry, please mention this to them. Sadly I don't. Whether, or when, books get made into movies seems largely a matter of chance.(less)

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I just realized we never found out why Jencks was so hateful, listening at doors, etc. I was hoping there would be a reason beyond his suspicions about Rachel and Liam not being brother and sister. Did I miss something?

Kathleen Flynn I never explained this completely, although I have certain theories about Jencks. Servants lived very close to their employers and knew a lot about th…moreI never explained this completely, although I have certain theories about Jencks. Servants lived very close to their employers and knew a lot about them, even as at the same time there was a vast gulf of class and wealth, etc. This has always struck me as full of potential for psychological weirdness. There were cases of servants spying on their masters and either blackmailing them or selling this information to an interested buyer (for instance in cases of suspected adultery, a servant might be hired by the husband to spy on the wife). Or you would also servants identifying with their masters, just as they wore their cast-off clothes (which was a thing that happened). I think Jencks was by disposition a snoop, a misogynist, and had a bit of a man-crush on Liam, which he sensed was not returned. Whether this interest was consciously sexual, as Rachel suspected, is something beyond the scope of the story. But there was a bit of jealousy/dislike of Rachel there, along with general snoopiness, never knowing when you might learn something useful, prompting his behavior.(less)

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Just wondering, did you not have a sequel in mind when you created that remarkably mysterious lady who invented the Prometheus Server? It seems to me she has a lot to answer for. If you're still open to sequel ideas, I suggest you check out Sydney Padua's hybrid graphic novel "The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage *The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer." It's worth reading in any case.

Kathleen Flynn Hi! I did not have a sequel in mind when I created her, but I agree that she has a lot to answer for.

I am going to look for The Thrilling Adventures …moreHi! I did not have a sequel in mind when I created her, but I agree that she has a lot to answer for.

I am going to look for The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. Thanks for recommending it!(less)

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