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    The Mechanical Crown
    The Mechanical Crown
    SimonKJones
    • Reads
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    • Parts
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    • Time
      Time 21h 32m
      21 hours, 32 minutes21h 32m
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    • Reads
      Reads 91,085
      91,08591K
    • Votes
      Votes 10,779
      10,77910.7K
    • Parts
      Parts 151
      151151
    • Time
      Time 21h 32m
      21 hours, 32 minutes21h 32m
    SimonKJones
    Complete
    Complete, First published Nov 01, 2016
    An explorer, a princess, a slave and a sword. A belief that the world can be better. The Mechanical Crown is an epic adventure full of intrigue, mystery and romance.
        
        When Tranton Seldon becomes the first to cross the mountains in hundreds of years, he sets in motion a series of events that will transform the forgotten kingdom of Lagonia and test its society like never before. The Mechanical Crown is about the impacts of intolerance, isolationism, prejudice and the abuse of power.
             
            **Selected for the Wattpad Picks FEATURED LIST March 2018**
             
            Amazing cover by @weeknder
        
        Content warning: This story contains themes of prejudice and violence.
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    Table of contentsLast updated Feb 28, 2020
    • Introduction from the author
    • Survival
    • Machinery of state
    • Relics
    • Cry of the worker
    • Before the drop
    • The city on the hills
    • Ring of chalk
    • Melt
    • Blind Faith
    • All seasons end
      Locked
    • Appearances
      Locked
    • Harbinger
      Locked
    • The Ice Runner
      Locked
    • Arranging the board
      Locked
    • Legacies
      Locked
    • The streets
      Locked
    • Crossing borders
      Locked
    • Things unsaid
      Locked
    • The King's Eyes
      Locked
    • Staring from the gutters
      Locked
    • Factions
      Locked
    • Door breaking
      Locked
    • Airborne
      Locked
    • Convergence
      Locked
    • Tip of the spear
      Locked
    • The times
      Locked
    • In fine company
      Locked
    • Chrysalis
      Locked
    • Predators
      Locked
    • Siege
      Locked
    • Curtain Fall
      Locked
    • Convictions
      Locked
    • Liars and magicians
      Locked
    • The north
      Locked
    • A means of escape
      Locked
    • Questions of fate
      Locked
    • Paralysis of time
      Locked
    • Restless bones
      Locked
    • Misdirection
      Locked
    • The dreaming
      Locked
    • Crossed trajectories
      Locked
    • Festival spirit
      Locked
    • Voices from the past
      Locked
    • On shaking ground
      Locked
    • Lock and key
      Locked
    • Conflicts of interest
      Locked
    • The descent
      Locked
    • Knives
      Locked
    • Taking a breath
      Locked
    • Fault lines
      Locked
    • Rotating the pieces
      Locked
    • Lines of communication
      Locked
    • Retribution
      Locked
    • In pursuit of ghosts
      Locked
    • Remnants
      Locked
    • Gladiator
      Locked
    • Age of impossibility
      Locked
    • A fine coat
      Locked
    • Zephyr's delivery
      Locked
    • The old ways
      Locked
    • We used to be dreamers
      Locked
    • A day as the outsider
      Locked
    • Hour of the wolf
      Locked
    • Between the metal trees
      Locked
    • Desperate measures
      Locked
    • An unwelcome visitor
      Locked
    • A view from the stalls
      Locked
    • The rules of ambition
      Locked
    • A frayed plan
      Locked
    • Trail of broken clues
      Locked
    • An exercise of desperate powers
      Locked
    • Enter the fray
      Locked
    • The other side of the coin
      Locked
    • Lighting the fuse
      Locked
    • The long night
      Locked
    • To dare to hope
      Locked
    • A taste of death
      Locked
    • Through the gates
      Locked
    • Ashes of peace
      Locked
    • The reluctant catalyst
      Locked
    • Crowjun
      Locked
    • The past and future threat
      Locked
    • Tainted promises
      Locked
    • Late warning signs
      Locked
    • Leading the lost
      Locked
    • The ruptured world
      Locked
    • Tangled echoes
      Locked
    • Investigations
      Locked
    • Matters of trust
      Locked
    • The purge
      Locked
    • Fantasia
      Locked
    • Blue skies
      Locked
    • A new truth
      Locked
    • Beware of old gods
      Locked
    • In search of hope
      Locked
    • New alliances
      Locked
    • Notes from above the clouds
      Locked
    • Lines of inheritance
      Locked
    • The ragged edge
      Locked
    • The call of power
      Locked
    • Tranquility rising
      Locked
    • Approaching thunder
      Locked
    • Awakenings
      Locked
    • The fall
      Locked
    • Towards apotheosis
      Locked
    • The way forward
      Locked
    • Survivors
      Locked
    • Traversing neurons
      Locked
    • Waiting for gods
      Locked
    • The search for Kirya
      Locked
    • Regrets of a doomed king
      Locked
    • The rules of magic
      Locked
    • Hidden consequences
      Locked
    • Tumblers falling into place
      Locked
    • Deconstructing fate
      Locked
    • There must be blood
      Locked
    • Triggers
      Locked
    • The precursor war
      Locked
    • The blackening of Bruckin
      Locked
    • Bodies on the line
      Locked
    • When the rains come
      Locked
    • Sufficiently advanced technology
      Locked
    • A homecoming
      Locked
    • You can't go back again
      Locked
    • The fall of the house of Tellador
      Locked
    • After the flames
      Locked
    • The last king of Lagonia
      Locked
    • The betrayer
      Locked
    • Captive thoughts
      Locked
    • A new journey
      Locked
    • Sailing towards the end
      Locked
    • Justice for all
      Locked
    • The Long Descent
      Locked
    • On the other side of the bars
      Locked
    • Sisters
      Locked
    • Automation
      Locked
    • When the revolution comes
      Locked
    • Of gods and monsters
      Locked
    • Improvising at the end of the world
      Locked
    • Pilgrimage
      Locked
    • Facing the past
      Locked
    • Climbing the steps
      Locked
    • Retirement is for the dead
      Locked
    • An expression of violence
      Locked
    • All it takes
      Locked
    • The Mountain Breaker
      Locked
    • The Headland
      Locked
    • A word from the author
    • Acknowledgements
    • By the same author

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    • Introduction from the author
    • Survival
    • Machinery of state
    • Relics
    • Cry of the worker
    • Before the drop
    • The city on the hills
    • Ring of chalk
    • Melt
    • Blind Faith
    • All seasons end
      Locked
    • Appearances
      Locked
    • Harbinger
      Locked
    • The Ice Runner
      Locked
    • Arranging the board
      Locked
    • Legacies
      Locked
    • The streets
      Locked
    • Crossing borders
      Locked
    • Things unsaid
      Locked
    • The King's Eyes
      Locked
    • Staring from the gutters
      Locked
    • Factions
      Locked
    • Door breaking
      Locked
    • Airborne
      Locked
    • Convergence
      Locked
    • Tip of the spear
      Locked
    • The times
      Locked
    • In fine company
      Locked
    • Chrysalis
      Locked
    • Predators
      Locked
    • Siege
      Locked
    • Curtain Fall
      Locked
    • Convictions
      Locked
    • Liars and magicians
      Locked
    • The north
      Locked
    • A means of escape
      Locked
    • Questions of fate
      Locked
    • Paralysis of time
      Locked
    • Restless bones
      Locked
    • Misdirection
      Locked
    • The dreaming
      Locked
    • Crossed trajectories
      Locked
    • Festival spirit
      Locked
    • Voices from the past
      Locked
    • On shaking ground
      Locked
    • Lock and key
      Locked
    • Conflicts of interest
      Locked
    • The descent
      Locked
    • Knives
      Locked
    • Taking a breath
      Locked
    • Fault lines
      Locked
    • Rotating the pieces
      Locked
    • Lines of communication
      Locked
    • Retribution
      Locked
    • In pursuit of ghosts
      Locked
    • Remnants
      Locked
    • Gladiator
      Locked
    • Age of impossibility
      Locked
    • A fine coat
      Locked
    • Zephyr's delivery
      Locked
    • The old ways
      Locked
    • We used to be dreamers
      Locked
    • A day as the outsider
      Locked
    • Hour of the wolf
      Locked
    • Between the metal trees
      Locked
    • Desperate measures
      Locked
    • An unwelcome visitor
      Locked
    • A view from the stalls
      Locked
    • The rules of ambition
      Locked
    • A frayed plan
      Locked
    • Trail of broken clues
      Locked
    • An exercise of desperate powers
      Locked
    • Enter the fray
      Locked
    • The other side of the coin
      Locked
    • Lighting the fuse
      Locked
    • The long night
      Locked
    • To dare to hope
      Locked
    • A taste of death
      Locked
    • Through the gates
      Locked
    • Ashes of peace
      Locked
    • The reluctant catalyst
      Locked
    • Crowjun
      Locked
    • The past and future threat
      Locked
    • Tainted promises
      Locked
    • Late warning signs
      Locked
    • Leading the lost
      Locked
    • The ruptured world
      Locked
    • Tangled echoes
      Locked
    • Investigations
      Locked
    • Matters of trust
      Locked
    • The purge
      Locked
    • Fantasia
      Locked
    • Blue skies
      Locked
    • A new truth
      Locked
    • Beware of old gods
      Locked
    • In search of hope
      Locked
    • New alliances
      Locked
    • Notes from above the clouds
      Locked
    • Lines of inheritance
      Locked
    • The ragged edge
      Locked
    • The call of power
      Locked
    • Tranquility rising
      Locked
    • Approaching thunder
      Locked
    • Awakenings
      Locked
    • The fall
      Locked
    • Towards apotheosis
      Locked
    • The way forward
      Locked
    • Survivors
      Locked
    • Traversing neurons
      Locked
    • Waiting for gods
      Locked
    • The search for Kirya
      Locked
    • Regrets of a doomed king
      Locked
    • The rules of magic
      Locked
    • Hidden consequences
      Locked
    • Tumblers falling into place
      Locked
    • Deconstructing fate
      Locked
    • There must be blood
      Locked
    • Triggers
      Locked
    • The precursor war
      Locked
    • The blackening of Bruckin
      Locked
    • Bodies on the line
      Locked
    • When the rains come
      Locked
    • Sufficiently advanced technology
      Locked
    • A homecoming
      Locked
    • You can't go back again
      Locked
    • The fall of the house of Tellador
      Locked
    • After the flames
      Locked
    • The last king of Lagonia
      Locked
    • The betrayer
      Locked
    • Captive thoughts
      Locked
    • A new journey
      Locked
    • Sailing towards the end
      Locked
    • Justice for all
      Locked
    • The Long Descent
      Locked
    • On the other side of the bars
      Locked
    • Sisters
      Locked
    • Automation
      Locked
    • When the revolution comes
      Locked
    • Of gods and monsters
      Locked
    • Improvising at the end of the world
      Locked
    • Pilgrimage
      Locked
    • Facing the past
      Locked
    • Climbing the steps
      Locked
    • Retirement is for the dead
      Locked
    • An expression of violence
      Locked
    • All it takes
      Locked
    • The Mountain Breaker
      Locked
    • The Headland
      Locked
    • A word from the author
    • Acknowledgements
    • By the same author
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