Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mechanic Prince | 2019 | Taki Drake | Buy |
| 2 | The Cottage Garden | 2020 | Taki Drake | Buy |
Life’s Garden by Taki Drake is a two-book fantasy series published between 2019 and 2020. The series opens with The Mechanic Prince, which introduces a world where mechanical skill and natural magic exist side by side. The Cottage Garden continues the story, expanding the setting and raising new challenges for its characters. Together, the two books create a small but distinct corner of Drake’s body of work.
Unlike most of Drake’s output, the Life’s Garden series is not connected to the Federal Witch shared universe. It occupies its own original setting, giving Drake room to explore different themes around the relationship between technology and the natural world. Readers who enjoy steampunk-flavored fantasy or stories about characters who bridge the gap between invention and magic will find these two books worth picking up.