Clockwork Lives
By Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
In Clockwork Angels, #1 bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart created a fabulous, adventurous steampunk world in a novel to accompany the smash Rush concept album of the same name. It was a world of airships and alchemy, clockwork carnivals, pirates, lost cities, a rigid Watchmaker who controlled every aspect of life, and his nemesis, the ruthless and violent Anarchist who wanted to destroy it all.
Anderson and Peart have returned to their colorful creation to explore the places and the characters that still have a hold on their imagination. Marinda Peake is a woman with a quiet, perfect life in a small village; she long ago gave up on her dreams and ambitions to take care of her ailing father, an alchemist and an inventor. When he dies, he gives Marinda a mysterious inheritance: a blank book that she must fill with other people’s stories — and ultimately her own.
Clockwork Lives is a steampunk Canterbury Tales, and much more, as Marinda strives to change her life from a mere “sentence or two” to a true epic.
Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson has published more than eighty novels, including twenty-nine national bestsellers. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader's Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include Captain Nemo, Hopscotch, and Hidden Empire. He has also collaborated on numerous series novels, including Star Wars, The X-Files, and Dune. In his spare time, he also writes comic books. He lives in Wisconsin.
Read more from Kevin J. Anderson
The X-Files: Ruins Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tastes Like Chicken: The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie PI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The X-Files: Ground Zero Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Clockwork Lives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death Warmed Over: The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unnatural Acts: The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie PI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Clockwork Angels: The Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hair Raising: The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Veiled Alliances Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Working Stiff: The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Five by Five: No Surrender Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Captain Nemo: The Fantastic Adventures of a Dark Genius Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Days of Krypton: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Assemblers of Infinity Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dune: The Waters of Kanly Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsZomnibus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKill Zone: A High-Tech Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The X-Files: Antibodies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Services Rendered: The Case of Dan Shamble, Zombie PI Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Slimy Underbelly: The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie PI Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dragon Business: A Medieval Con Game, with Scales! Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Clockwork Angels: The Comic Scripts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn On Being a Dictator: Using Dictation to Be a Better Writer (Million Dollar Writing Series) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIll Wind: A Novel of Ecological Disaster Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Five by Five Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mr. Wells & the Martians: A Thrilling Eyewitness Account of the Recent Alien Invasion Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Clockwork Lives
Related ebooks
Carousel: A Whyborne & Griffin Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5116 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAt the Stroke of Midnight: A BRAND NEW completely spellbinding, enchanting historical novel from BESTSELLER Jenni Keer for 2024 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThree Loving Ladies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIf Wishes Were Earls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJust Irish Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Boatman's Daughter: The Donaghue Histories, #5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSatan's Circus (Fantasy and Horror Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Story of Bawn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMagic for a Rainy Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBrothers of Kalathan: The Kalathan Chronicles, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhispers from Beyond: 30 Miniature Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOver The River Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chasing Down Her Highness: Rocky Royal Romance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The House of Mirth Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Highland Lass Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Countess and the Cowboy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Ghost Town Vampire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Fabled East: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Doings of Raffles Haw Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Clifford Spock Incident Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lure of Old London Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Psychic's Tale Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrivate Selby Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMiss Stuart's Legacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLingua Magika Complete Box Set Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stargazy Pie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWild Quiet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIrish Fairy and Folk Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Fantasy For You
The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tress of the Emerald Sea: Secret Projects, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stories of Ray Bradbury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piranesi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is How You Lose the Time War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Original 1890 Uncensored Edition + The Expanded and Revised 1891 Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Talisman: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Phantom Tollbooth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Empire: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Desert: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don Quixote: [Complete & Illustrated] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Immortal Longings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wizard's First Rule Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Underworld: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Warrior of the Light: A Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Titus Groan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Eyes of the Dragon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Clockwork Lives
10 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The second book based on the concept behind the Rush album Clockwork Angels. Returning to Rush's 'concept' album roots, Neal Peart came up with the basic ideas for a Steampunk type world. K. Anderson collaborated with Neal to produce this novel that expands on the stories of the first novel. Unfortunately this is mostly a collection of short stories about people that appear in the first book. It either expands on characters from the first book or introduces some of their direct ancestors in very similar stories. Not a lot of new material here, but it is still fun to see lyrics from old Rush songs pop up from time to time and read a novel dedicated to the ideas of this great band and album!For book collectors, this is a beautifully bound, printed and illustrated book and that added to my rating.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If you’re a Rush fan or a fan of steampunk you will like this book. The book takes the stories from the album Clockwork Angels and expands the stories into more characters and more adventures.