Gears & Girls: Book 2 - Damien Hanson

Debt-serf. Scavenger. Nobody worth remembering.
In Alnda, that's all Alaric was ever supposed to be. Something others had planned for him.
But with CD, Elli, Seo Rin, and Yesabel at his side, Alaric's building mechs, making allies, and carving a future society never wanted him to have.
Yet the world isn't done trying to break him. Raiders strike the city. Gangster lords demand the impossible. And Boyerman tempts him with freedom for a hellish price.
Alaric goes all in, ready to gamble not only just his own future, but that of everyone he cares about and loves for a chance to be free.
Because in a land where power decides who stands and who kneels, he's done living on his knees.