Artificer of a New Dawn: A Time-Bending LitRPG Apocalypse

By The Cogwright

The day the Celestial Mechanism turned Earth into a lethal game, it handed out god-like powers to soldiers and psychopaths. To third-generation watchmaker Kai, it gave the finger. While others became mighty Warriors] and devastating Mages], he was cursed with a useless, non-combat Class: Chrono-Artificer]. In a world where brute strength is the only law, his skills with tiny gears and delicate springs are a death sentence.

But where others see chaos, a watchmaker sees a system. Kai can't cast spells, but he can build machines that bend time. With the help of Elara, a battle-hardened soldier, he discovers a place of power and begins to build his sanctuary: Continuum. It is a city powered by gears and steam, a clockwork fortress where time-dilated greenhouses feed the hungry and predictive turrets guard the walls. It is a bastion of ingenuity in an age of barbarism.

But such a beacon of hope does not go unnoticed. A ruthless warlord, commanding an army of berserkers, now covets Kai's creation. To save his city, Kai must rely not on strength, but on strategy, traps, and the intricate perfection of his machines. In a world that only rewards power, can a man who fixes clocks build a future? Or will his city, and everyone in it, be crushed by the gears of war?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLK9LVPV
• ISBN13: 9798296665430
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"