Thank you for the recommendation. Growing up I was a big fan of John Brosnan's trilogy Sky Lords - post apocalyptic / genetic wars sci-fi with zepellins - what is there not to like :).
Seeing this is by Brosnan as well means it's an instant buy for me.
I found his books (which IMO are not that famous) because our local library had them. Otherwise I don't think I would have stumbled upon it.
Same applies to Walter Jon Williams and his Hardwired which was one of my early favorites. I was amazed to find out later that this book is one of inspirations for Cyberpunk tabletop games and Cyberpunk 2077.
Seeing this is by Brosnan as well means it's an instant buy for me.