Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2020 | 2020 | Ian Tregillis | N/A |
| 2 | L’Obbligo | 2015 | Ian Tregillis | N/A |
| 3 | The Mechanical | 2015 | Ian Tregillis | Buy |
| 4 | The Rising | 2015 | Ian Tregillis | Buy |
| 5 | The Liberation | 2016 | Ian Tregillis | Buy |
The Alchemy Wars imagines a world where 17th-century Dutch alchemists created mechanical servants, and by the 20th century, the Dutch empire dominates the globe through this technology. The trilogy follows multiple characters — both human and mechanical — as cracks appear in this system of technological slavery.
Beginning with The Mechanical and continuing through The Rising and The Liberation, the series explores questions of consciousness and freedom through an adventure plot full of espionage, war, and rebellion. Tregillis’s physics background shows in the detailed mechanics of the Clakkers themselves.