The Mechanical Crown: a weekly fantasy serial

A lost explorer. A child slave. A princess.
An ancient shame to be kept secret.
A society on the edge of collapse.

The Mechanical Crown takes you to Lagonia, a huge valley hidden within a ring of impassable mountains. Cut off from the rest of the world, it is about to receive its first visitor for centuries.

How this works: This weekly serial is free to read or listen to. Subscribe to receive new chapters to your email inbox or within the Substack app. The reading experience is closer to watching a television show or reading a comic than it is to the classic novel. Chapters are accompanied by behind-the-scenes author notes and you get to witness the story coming together in real time.

This is the Reforged edition of The Mechanical Crown. If you’ve read an earlier version, if you think you know the story…expect the unexpected.

1. Survival

2. Relics

3. Before the drop

4. Machinery of state

5. Means of production

6. The Pit

7. The city on the hills

8. Appearances

9. Promises and favours

10. Melt

11. All seasons end

12. The Ice Runner

13. Blind Faith

14. Harbinger

15. Rumours and lies

16. Arranging the board

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January 31, 2023

Portals have opened in London, connecting Earth to a far future version of itself and a fantastical land where magic is real. As society adjusts to the new status quo, a specialist division of the police is established to handle the growing number of interdimensional crimes.