Books by Ava Knightly

Three series. Six books. One obsession with game mechanics.

The Workshop Republic Chronicles

Cozy LitRPG · Crafting · Progression Fantasy

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Compact of Tides and Tone

Book 2 of The Workshop Republic Chronicles

"The machine beneath Harth never stopped caring. It just forgot its city had grown up."

Marin Kestrel has outgrown Lumenford. As a Level 30 Architect, she answers a call from the tidal city of Harth -- where the Lattice is failing, eight senior Archivists have vanished, and a three-century-old calibration engine is singing in the dark for someone to come home and update it. The cause isn't sabotage -- it's a machine that never stopped caring.

Cozy LitRPG Tidal Mechanics Progression Fantasy

Vibes: Tidal city • Ancient machines • Coalition building • Slow-burn romance

Perfect for fans of: The Wandering Inn, Beware of Chicken, Legends & Lattes

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Charter of Gears and Water

Book 1 of The Workshop Republic Chronicles

Marin Kestrel fixes things. Not people -- those are complicated. When the Lattice System finally grants her an Artificer class, she uncovers a web of sabotage threatening Lumenford's crumbling infrastructure. Armed with blueprints and a stubborn sister, she must build something she's never attempted: a coalition.

Cozy LitRPG Crafting Progression Fantasy
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Epic Expanse

LitRPG · Portal Fantasy · Adventure

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Rise of the Runemaster

Epic Expanse — Book 1

"A programmer gets pulled into the game she built. The code is her weapon. The bugs are trying to kill her."

Lira Thorne is a lead programmer on Epic Expanse, the world's most ambitious online game. When a self-evolving code anomaly drags her into the game world she helped create, she wakes up with a character sheet, a Runemaster class, and zero hit points to spare. To survive, she must debug corrupted code, rewrite reality one function at a time, and build a party she'd trust with her source code. But the anomaly that brought her here wasn't a glitch. Someone wrote it on purpose.

LitRPG Portal Fantasy Adventure

Vibes: Code magic • Party dynamics • Two-world stakes

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Synapse Siege

LitRPG · Cyberpunk · Thriller

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Rookie's Gambit

Synapse Siege — Book 1

"In a world where your brain is the controller, what happens when the controller starts controlling you?"

Jace Hawkins is one match away from the pro circuit. Synapse Siege isn't just a game -- it's a full-sensory neural battlefield where reflexes mean everything and one mistake means elimination. When Jace discovers he can slow time during a qualifier match, everything changes. The neural interface is doing something it shouldn't, giving him abilities that blur the line between player and weapon.

LitRPG Cyberpunk Thriller
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Neural Bootcamp

Synapse Siege — Book 2

Jace thought going pro would be the hard part. Recruited into an elite training program, he must push his neural sync abilities to their limits -- and beyond. As his powers grow, so do the risks. The line between virtual and real is dissolving.

LitRPG Cyberpunk Thriller
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What Makes Ava's Books Different

Every series explores a unique flavor of LitRPG

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Detailed Magic Systems

Clear rules with creative applications you can follow along with

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Earned Progression

Level-ups that feel satisfying because they cost something real

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Worlds You Want to Live In

From crumbling workshops to neural arenas to coded realms

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Characters Who Stay With You

Found families, rivals, mentors, and companions who feel real

What Readers Are Saying

"Finally, a LitRPG where the protagonist builds things instead of just smashing them!"
-- ARC Reader
"Blueprint unlocks > boss kills. This is my comfort book now."
-- ARC Reader
"The engineering detail is *chef's kiss*."
-- ARC Reader