Reading order · 3 books · 2005 to 2007 · Set in invented worlds
Engineer Books in Order
The Engineer trilogy follows Ziani Vaatzes, an engineer who will do anything to get home, even start a war.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2005 to 2007
- First book
- Devices and Desires
- Latest
- The Escapement (2007)
- Setting
- Set in invented worlds
The reading order
Every Engineer book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in invented worlds
- 1Devices and Desires2005With Ziani VaatzesZiani Vaatzes, an engineer in the city of Mezentia, is condemned to death for making an unauthorised improvement to a toy.Buy on Amazon
- 2Evil for Evil2006With Ziani VaatzesEngineer Ziani Vaatzes builds a war to get home, and a civil servant and a duke make choices that turn them all into parts of a machine that returns evil for evil.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Escapement2007With Ziani VaatzesCondemned engineer Ziani Vaatzes pursues his elaborate plan to bring down the Republic of Mezentia, in the final volume of the Engineer trilogy.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Devices and Desires, Evil for Evil and The Escapement in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Ziani Vaatzes |
|---|---|
| 1 Devices and Desires | LLead |
| 2 Evil for Evil | LLead |
| 3 The Escapement | LLead |
Characters in the Engineer books
1 character from K. J. Parker’s chart, with the number of Engineer books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Ziani VaatzesEngineer exiled for an unauthorised improvement | 3 | Devices and Desires 2005 |