This is a bundle for books 1-3 in the Mechaniek series by JC Compton

Book 1: Mechaniek: Lost Paradise

In a distant future, in a world ravaged by a toxic war, mechanics are now the ruling class. Taliesin is a peaceful fisherman on the isle of Ethia, bearing only a large scar on his forearm from the toxic rains that ravage the planet.

One day, he is caught up in a toxic storm and saved by the renegade mechanic Merrick. They fall in love and find a tropical paradise they name “Paradise Island”. Merrick then brings Taliesin back to Ethia, promising to return after fixing his mechanical sailboat. If they were to be separated, they vow to meet again on “Paradise Island”, but Merrick never returns.

After hearing that Merrick may have been arrested for piracy, Taliesin attempts to board a mechanical galleon to the city and a mysterious man offers him to play the role of the lost prince and pretend to marry his own son in exchange for Merrick’s freedom. Little does Taliesin know that memories will resurface, confirming he was actually the lost prince, the son of the man who ordered the kidnapping of Merrick as a child and the murder of his mother…

Book 2: Mechaniek: The King of Tartessos

Power has changed hands in after the assassination of King Viryankar and the arrest of
Rufus Doreabris, Nex Denisov has taken the throne through a coup, and the kingdom is at war
with the island kingdom of Tartessos. He and King Byryam of Tartessos both rely on a
personality cult and militias to secure their power and are racing to create hybrids from the DNA
of giant creatures found in the ruins of ancient civilizations.

Arnau Donovan transfers to the Royal School of Mechanics from a remote region at the age of
eighteen. The son of a lumberjack but a genius mechanic, he immediately attracts the jealousy of
his classmates. As he struggles with bullying and a conservative school board trying to make the
school more religious, he finds solace in his friendships with Alistair, Miro, a relative of the
king, and his teacher Goram, whom he falls in love with. But Nex Denisov is not ready to let his
former rival have such a genius by his side...

Book 3: Mechaniek: Drums of the Gods

Fourteen years have passed since the assassination of King Denisov, and Toweren has slowly recovered from the long war with Tartessos. Hybrids like the merpeople have become a new object of interest for collectors, as well as the preserved bodies of four children found in the ruins of the ancient Devarkan civilization.

In Toweren, Arnau and Goram have adopted a son, Ari, who lacks the talent for mechanics that would ensure him a future. One night, they are invited to a party at the Yamato-koku ambassador’s home where he meets Masaru, a talented mechanical drummer and playboy, and befriends Princess Aimee Denisov. Disappointed with his life and his relationship failures, Ari doubts himself; more so when he discovers that his biological father died in the experiments carried out by his adoptive father Arnau. Furious, he leaves Toweren with the Yamato-koku ambassador to become his son Masaru’s tutor and at first finds it difficult to get along with this spoiled young man he shared a kiss with, but soon a bond beyond words grows between them.

Meanwhile, in Toweren, Aimee starts dating the son of Royman Lombardi, a religious conservative and monarchist. Seduced at first by their promises, she then becomes friends with her political enemy, Alistair McVaughan, and when the Lombardis turn against her, he is the one who comes to her rescue. But Lombardi’s ambitions extend beyond the he has secretly kidnapped the four Devarkan children after they awakened and plans to use them to restore the divine right of kings in Toweren...