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The Workshop Republic Chronicles

Crafting LitRPG where the heroine fixes cities with engineering, not swords.

The Workshop Republic Chronicles follows Architect Marin Kestrel as she levels up from a craftswoman with a hammer to a city-scale builder whose infrastructure holds nations together. Cozy crafting LitRPG with deep progression systems, political intrigue, found family, and the radical idea that maintaining a bridge can be as heroic as slaying a dragon.

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Three cities. Three coalitions. Engineering, not swords.

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Book 1

Charter of Gears and Water

Marin Kestrel fixes things. Not people—those are complicated.

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Book 2

Compact of Tides and Tone

Architect Marin Kestrel is Level 30 and out of her depth.

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Book 3 NEW

Covenant of Crystal and Flame

Architect Marin Kestrel is Level 50 and out of answers.

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3 cities · Levels 1–60 · all three on Kindle Unlimited

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