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    The Mechanical Crown
    The Mechanical Crown
    SimonKJones
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    • Reads
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    SimonKJones
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    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 contents
    • Introduction from the author
      Wed, Oct 2, 2019
    • Survival
      Tue, Nov 1, 2016
    • Machinery of state
      Tue, Nov 8, 2016
    • Relics
      Wed, Nov 16, 2016
    • Cry of the worker
      Tue, Nov 22, 2016
    • Before the drop
      Tue, Nov 29, 2016
    • The city on the hills
      Tue, Dec 6, 2016
    • Ring of chalk
      Tue, Dec 13, 2016
    • Melt
      Wed, Dec 21, 2016
    • Blind Faith
      Tue, Dec 27, 2016
    • All seasons end
      Tue, Jan 3, 2017Locked
    • Appearances
      Tue, Jan 10, 2017Locked
    • Harbinger
      Tue, Jan 17, 2017Locked
    • The Ice Runner
      Tue, Jan 24, 2017Locked
    • Arranging the board
      Tue, Jan 31, 2017Locked
    • Legacies
      Tue, Feb 7, 2017Locked
    • The streets
      Tue, Feb 14, 2017Locked
    • Crossing borders
      Tue, Feb 21, 2017Locked
    • Things unsaid
      Tue, Feb 28, 2017Locked
    • The King's Eyes
      Tue, Mar 7, 2017Locked
    • Staring from the gutters
      Tue, Mar 14, 2017Locked
    • Factions
      Tue, Mar 21, 2017Locked
    • Door breaking
      Tue, Mar 28, 2017Locked
    • Airborne
      Tue, Apr 4, 2017Locked
    • Convergence
      Tue, Apr 11, 2017Locked
    • Tip of the spear
      Tue, Apr 18, 2017Locked
    • The times
      Tue, Apr 25, 2017Locked
    • In fine company
      Tue, May 2, 2017Locked
    • Chrysalis
      Tue, May 9, 2017Locked
    • Predators
      Tue, May 16, 2017Locked
    • Siege
      Tue, May 23, 2017Locked
    • Curtain Fall
      Tue, May 30, 2017Locked
    • Convictions
      Tue, Jun 6, 2017Locked
    • Liars and magicians
      Tue, Jun 13, 2017Locked
    • The north
      Tue, Jun 27, 2017Locked
    • A means of escape
      Tue, Jul 4, 2017Locked
    • Questions of fate
      Tue, Jul 11, 2017Locked
    • Paralysis of time
      Tue, Jul 18, 2017Locked
    • Restless bones
      Tue, Jul 25, 2017Locked
    • Misdirection
      Tue, Aug 1, 2017Locked
    • The dreaming
      Tue, Aug 8, 2017Locked
    • Crossed trajectories
      Tue, Aug 15, 2017Locked
    • Festival spirit
      Tue, Aug 22, 2017Locked
    • Voices from the past
      Tue, Aug 29, 2017Locked
    • On shaking ground
      Tue, Sep 5, 2017Locked
    • Lock and key
      Tue, Sep 12, 2017Locked
    • Conflicts of interest
      Wed, Sep 20, 2017Locked
    • The descent
      Tue, Sep 26, 2017Locked
    • Knives
      Tue, Oct 3, 2017Locked
    • Taking a breath
      Tue, Oct 10, 2017Locked
    • Fault lines
      Tue, Oct 17, 2017Locked
    • Rotating the pieces
      Tue, Oct 24, 2017Locked
    • Lines of communication
      Tue, Oct 31, 2017Locked
    • Retribution
      Tue, Nov 7, 2017Locked
    • In pursuit of ghosts
      Tue, Nov 14, 2017Locked
    • Remnants
      Tue, Nov 21, 2017Locked
    • Gladiator
      Wed, Nov 29, 2017Locked
    • Age of impossibility
      Tue, Dec 5, 2017Locked
    • A fine coat
      Tue, Dec 12, 2017Locked
    • Zephyr's delivery
      Tue, Dec 19, 2017Locked
    • The old ways
      Wed, Dec 27, 2017Locked
    • We used to be dreamers
      Tue, Jan 2, 2018Locked
    • A day as the outsider
      Tue, Jan 9, 2018Locked
    • Hour of the wolf
      Tue, Jan 16, 2018Locked
    • Between the metal trees
      Tue, Jan 23, 2018Locked
    • Desperate measures
      Tue, Jan 30, 2018Locked
    • An unwelcome visitor
      Tue, Feb 6, 2018Locked
    • A view from the stalls
      Tue, Feb 13, 2018Locked
    • The rules of ambition
      Wed, Feb 21, 2018Locked
    • A frayed plan
      Tue, Feb 27, 2018Locked
    • Trail of broken clues
      Tue, Mar 6, 2018Locked
    • An exercise of desperate powers
      Tue, Mar 13, 2018Locked
    • Enter the fray
      Tue, Mar 20, 2018Locked
    • The other side of the coin
      Tue, Mar 27, 2018Locked
    • Lighting the fuse
      Tue, Apr 3, 2018Locked
    • The long night
      Wed, Apr 11, 2018Locked
    • To dare to hope
      Tue, Apr 17, 2018Locked
    • A taste of death
      Tue, Apr 24, 2018Locked
    • Through the gates
      Wed, May 2, 2018Locked
    • Ashes of peace
      Tue, May 8, 2018Locked
    • The reluctant catalyst
      Tue, May 15, 2018Locked
    • Crowjun
      Tue, May 22, 2018Locked
    • The past and future threat
      Wed, May 30, 2018Locked
    • Tainted promises
      Tue, Jun 5, 2018Locked
    • Late warning signs
      Tue, Jun 12, 2018Locked
    • Leading the lost
      Tue, Jun 19, 2018Locked
    • The ruptured world
      Tue, Jun 26, 2018Locked
    • Tangled echoes
      Tue, Jul 3, 2018Locked
    • Investigations
      Tue, Jul 10, 2018Locked
    • Matters of trust
      Tue, Jul 17, 2018Locked
    • The purge
      Tue, Jul 24, 2018Locked
    • Fantasia
      Tue, Jul 31, 2018Locked
    • Blue skies
      Tue, Aug 7, 2018Locked
    • A new truth
      Tue, Aug 14, 2018Locked
    • Beware of old gods
      Tue, Aug 21, 2018Locked
    • In search of hope
      Tue, Aug 28, 2018Locked
    • New alliances
      Tue, Sep 4, 2018Locked
    • Notes from above the clouds
      Tue, Sep 11, 2018Locked
    • Lines of inheritance
      Tue, Sep 18, 2018Locked
    • The ragged edge
      Tue, Sep 25, 2018Locked
    • The call of power
      Tue, Oct 2, 2018Locked
    • Tranquility rising
      Tue, Oct 9, 2018Locked
    • Approaching thunder
      Tue, Oct 16, 2018Locked
    • Awakenings
      Tue, Oct 23, 2018Locked
    • The fall
      Tue, Oct 30, 2018Locked
    • Towards apotheosis
      Tue, Nov 6, 2018Locked
    • The way forward
      Tue, Nov 13, 2018Locked
    • Survivors
      Tue, Nov 20, 2018Locked
    • Traversing neurons
      Tue, Nov 27, 2018Locked
    • Waiting for gods
      Tue, Dec 4, 2018Locked
    • The search for Kirya
      Tue, Dec 11, 2018Locked
    • Regrets of a doomed king
      Tue, Dec 18, 2018Locked
    • The rules of magic
      Fri, Dec 28, 2018Locked
    • Hidden consequences
      Fri, Jan 4, 2019Locked
    • Tumblers falling into place
      Fri, Jan 11, 2019Locked
    • Deconstructing fate
      Fri, Jan 18, 2019Locked
    • There must be blood
      Fri, Jan 25, 2019Locked
    • Triggers
      Fri, Feb 1, 2019Locked
    • The precursor war
      Fri, Feb 8, 2019Locked
    • The blackening of Bruckin
      Fri, Feb 15, 2019Locked
    • Bodies on the line
      Fri, Feb 22, 2019Locked
    • When the rains come
      Fri, Mar 1, 2019Locked
    • Sufficiently advanced technology
      Fri, Mar 8, 2019Locked
    • A homecoming
      Fri, Mar 15, 2019Locked
    • You can't go back again
      Fri, Mar 22, 2019Locked
    • The fall of the house of Tellador
      Fri, Mar 29, 2019Locked
    • After the flames
      Fri, Apr 5, 2019Locked
    • The last king of Lagonia
      Fri, Apr 12, 2019Locked
    • The betrayer
      Fri, Apr 19, 2019Locked
    • Captive thoughts
      Fri, Apr 26, 2019Locked
    • A new journey
      Fri, May 3, 2019Locked
    • Sailing towards the end
      Fri, May 10, 2019Locked
    • Justice for all
      Fri, May 17, 2019Locked
    • The Long Descent
      Fri, May 24, 2019Locked
    • On the other side of the bars
      Fri, May 31, 2019Locked
    • Sisters
      Fri, Jun 7, 2019Locked
    • Automation
      Fri, Jun 14, 2019Locked
    • When the revolution comes
      Fri, Jun 21, 2019Locked
    • Of gods and monsters
      Fri, Jun 28, 2019Locked
    • Improvising at the end of the world
      Fri, Jul 5, 2019Locked
    • Pilgrimage
      Fri, Jul 12, 2019Locked
    • Facing the past
      Fri, Jul 19, 2019Locked
    • Climbing the steps
      Fri, Jul 26, 2019Locked
    • Retirement is for the dead
      Fri, Aug 2, 2019Locked
    • An expression of violence
      Fri, Aug 9, 2019Locked
    • All it takes
      Fri, Aug 16, 2019Locked
    • The Mountain Breaker
      Fri, Aug 23, 2019Locked
    • The Headland
      Fri, Aug 30, 2019Locked
    • A word from the author
      Fri, Aug 30, 2019
    • Acknowledgements
      Fri, Aug 30, 2019
    • By the same author
      Fri, Feb 28, 2020

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    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.

    151 parts

    • A word from the author
      Fri, Aug 30, 2019
    • Acknowledgements
      Fri, Aug 30, 2019
    • By the same author
      Fri, Feb 28, 2020
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