Clockwork Angels, Kevin J. Anderson
Clockwork Angels, Kevin J. Anderson
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Clockwork Angels
The Novel

Author: Kevin J. Anderson

Narrator: Neil Peart

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2012

Synopsis

I can’t stop thinking big…International bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson teams up with Rush lyricist and drummer Neil Peart to expand the story set out in Clockwork Angels, the twentieth studio album by the legendary rock band.All the journeys of this great adventure—It didn’t always feel that wayFor more than two centuries, the land of Albion has been ruled by the supposedly benevolent Watchmaker, who imposes precision on every aspect of life. Young Owen Hardy from the village of Barrel Arbor dreams of seeing the big city and the breathtaking Clockwork Angels that dispense wisdom to the people, maybe even catching a glimpse of the Watchmaker himself. I was brought up to believe…He watches the steamliners drift by, powered by alchemical energy, as they head toward Crown City—never dreaming that he is already caught between the grandiose forces of order and chaos, between the Watchmaker and his nemesis, the Anarchist.Owen’s journeys begin at a fabulous carnival with clockwork wonders beyond his imagination, and take him aboard airships, far into the Redrock Desert to seek lost cities, through storms at sea to encounters with pirates…and give him a chance at love.Clockwork Angels: The Novel is a remarkable, innovative story unlike any other.The basis for this novel, Clockwork Angels: The Album by Rush, is available now at rush.com.

About Kevin J. Anderson

Kevin J. Anderson: is one of the world's bestselling sci-fi authors. He is the author of The Illustrated Star Wars Universe and the highly popular Jedi Academy trilogy of novels: Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice and Champions of the Force. Both his X-Files novels, Ground Zero and Ruins, were New York Times bestsellers. He is now co-authoring the new series of Dune prequel novels.

Reviews

Goodreads review by T. K. Elliott (Tiffany) on April 30, 2017

Clockwork Angels is the companion book to the new Rush album of the same name. It's a steampunk fantasy describing a young man's dissatisfaction with his safe, ordered life in the Watchmaker's precisely ordered realm (even the rain arrives on time) and his embarkation on an impulsive adventure that......more

Goodreads review by David on September 18, 2012

Disappointed in this one. "It was okay" about sums it up -- it's a fairly bland coming-of-age story with some inspired elements, but it's dragged down by the attempts to shoe-horn Rush references everywhere he could. A novella that fleshed out the story of Clockwork Angels, the album, would have been......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on July 09, 2012

This is a short review of only the first few chapters of Clockwork Angels. As a longtime Rush fan, a sci-fi/fantasy novelist, and editor-in-training, I was honored to have receive a teaser copy from KJA to scope out. To be clear, there is absolutely a certain level of bias feeding my opinions. From t......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 09, 2013

2.6 stars, rounded up. Peart says in the Afterword that Anderson sometimes dictated book chapters while mountain climbing. I'm not surprised. I've read other books by him that left the impression he wasn't giving it all his attention. The book is a collection of Young Adult adventure tropes, stitch......more

Goodreads review by Dillon on September 10, 2012

This book was one hell of a fascinating journey. I started it before leaving on a trip to Seattle and could not put it down. I planned on it lasting me til I got back home but I still have two days before I head back! From the first sentence I was hooked. It's a classic coming of age adventure fille......more

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