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Mad Tinker Chronicles #1-4
Mad Tinker Chronicles Collection
All 4 books are now available in this followup series to the best-selling Twinborn Trilogy. If you're looking for all the complexity of your favorite epic fantasy with all the fun of your favorite steampunk, the Mad Tinker Chronicles is for you!
Book 1: Mad Tinker's Daughter – 4.1 rating on 111 reviews
Book 2: Rebel Skyforce – 4.8 rating on 10 reviews
Book 3: World-Ripper War – 4.6 rating on 12 reviews
Book 4: Tinker's Justice – 4.4 rating on 11 reviews
Humanity needs a savior. But a rivalry between two tinkers threatens to destroy the world they're trying to free.
Cadmus Errol is the greatest inventor that Tellurak has ever known. His clockwork graces the spires of cities across the world. Yet in another, darker world, he lives the life of a slave. There, humanity is held underfoot, bound in service to the victors of a war fought untold generations ago. It will take all the wits and resources of the best that humanity can muster to break that hold. Can Cadmus Errol, the Mad Tinker, be the one to free them all? Or will his daughter take a shortcut through dangerous science to wipe out humanities oppressors?
Interview with the Author
Q – So, what made you decide to write the Mad Tinker Chronicles?
A – My background is mechanical engineering. That was my day job before I switched to writing full time. A lot of fictional technology has always rubbed me the wrong way. I’m willing to buy into magic and lost scientific knowledge, but beyond that many still trample over basic physics and engineering. I wanted to write a series filled with technological marvels that used magic, but which didn’t simply ignore physics and engineering otherwise.
I wrote the Mad Tinker Chronicles as a fantasy engineer. Magic does what magic does, and physics takes care of the rest. From artificial limbs to electromagnetic guns, the basic principles underlying the inventions are sound.
Q – Just what genre is this, anyway?
A – The Mad Tinker Chronicles is straight-up epic fantasy set in a steampunk-friendly world. The inventions and technological sophistication are reminiscent of the early 20th century, but the world is entirely fantastical.
Q – So, why should readers give these books a try?
A – The Mad Tinker Chronicles is a fast-paced, far-flung, multi-point-of-view epic fantasy, and it’s not for the faint of heart. These books will force the reader to think along with the characters as they try to outwit, out-plan, and out-invent each other.
Book 1: Mad Tinker's Daughter – 4.1 rating on 111 reviews
Book 2: Rebel Skyforce – 4.8 rating on 10 reviews
Book 3: World-Ripper War – 4.6 rating on 12 reviews
Book 4: Tinker's Justice – 4.4 rating on 11 reviews
Humanity needs a savior. But a rivalry between two tinkers threatens to destroy the world they're trying to free.
Cadmus Errol is the greatest inventor that Tellurak has ever known. His clockwork graces the spires of cities across the world. Yet in another, darker world, he lives the life of a slave. There, humanity is held underfoot, bound in service to the victors of a war fought untold generations ago. It will take all the wits and resources of the best that humanity can muster to break that hold. Can Cadmus Errol, the Mad Tinker, be the one to free them all? Or will his daughter take a shortcut through dangerous science to wipe out humanities oppressors?
Interview with the Author
Q – So, what made you decide to write the Mad Tinker Chronicles?
A – My background is mechanical engineering. That was my day job before I switched to writing full time. A lot of fictional technology has always rubbed me the wrong way. I’m willing to buy into magic and lost scientific knowledge, but beyond that many still trample over basic physics and engineering. I wanted to write a series filled with technological marvels that used magic, but which didn’t simply ignore physics and engineering otherwise.
I wrote the Mad Tinker Chronicles as a fantasy engineer. Magic does what magic does, and physics takes care of the rest. From artificial limbs to electromagnetic guns, the basic principles underlying the inventions are sound.
Q – Just what genre is this, anyway?
A – The Mad Tinker Chronicles is straight-up epic fantasy set in a steampunk-friendly world. The inventions and technological sophistication are reminiscent of the early 20th century, but the world is entirely fantastical.
Q – So, why should readers give these books a try?
A – The Mad Tinker Chronicles is a fast-paced, far-flung, multi-point-of-view epic fantasy, and it’s not for the faint of heart. These books will force the reader to think along with the characters as they try to outwit, out-plan, and out-invent each other.
1410 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 6, 2015
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About the author
J.S. Morin
192 books611 followersI am a creator of worlds and a destroyer of words. As a fantasy writer, my works range from traditional epics to futuristic fantasy with starships. I have worked as an unpaid Little League pitcher, a cashier, a student library aide, a factory grunt, a cubicle drone, and an engineer--there is some overlap in the last two.
Through it all, though, I was always a storyteller. Eventually I started writing books based on the stray stories in my head, and people kept telling me to write more of them. Now, that's all I do for a living.
I enjoy strategy, worldbuilding, and the fantasy author's privilege to make up words. I am a gamer, a joker, and a thinker of sideways thoughts. But I don't dance, can't sing, and my best artistic efforts fall short of your average notebook doodle. When you read my books, you are seeing me at my best.
My ultimate goal is to be both clever and right at the same time. I have it on good authority that I have yet to achieve it.
Through it all, though, I was always a storyteller. Eventually I started writing books based on the stray stories in my head, and people kept telling me to write more of them. Now, that's all I do for a living.
I enjoy strategy, worldbuilding, and the fantasy author's privilege to make up words. I am a gamer, a joker, and a thinker of sideways thoughts. But I don't dance, can't sing, and my best artistic efforts fall short of your average notebook doodle. When you read my books, you are seeing me at my best.
My ultimate goal is to be both clever and right at the same time. I have it on good authority that I have yet to achieve it.
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September 11, 2018
Another cracking collection by J.S. Morin.
June 10, 2017
Profoundly good, recently written fantasy. Very deep and personable characters. Amazing and innovative premises which hold together and extend out in many directions to huge extents. Beautiful storylines.
October 16, 2015
Purely unique
This has to be one of the most original story lines I have ever experienced. The mix of magic and technology is brilliant. I want more.
This has to be one of the most original story lines I have ever experienced. The mix of magic and technology is brilliant. I want more.
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