The front was just as gorgeous as the spine. I pulled the book to look at it, the look of the spine alone drew me to it. Clockwork Lives the spine read with little symbols where the ‘w’ and ‘v’ should have been. It was a hard cover book with a leather cover and the letters pressed into it. I got to the bottom shelves when the book caught my eye. My fingers danced along the spines of books, grabbing one every so often. I had started my search in the new books section. Usually I end up replacing the book and continue on what might be considered a spiritual journey. When I first picked up When I first picked up Clockwork Lives, it wasn’t just because it sounded interesting. I read the back and maybe the first page or two. I go through the library, find the genre that I’m currently interested in, and pull random books in random intervals. I have a way of picking out books when I want a new read.
“Some lives can be summed up in a sentence or two. 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.Ĭlockwork 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. 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. 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.Īnderson and Peart have returned to their colourful creation to explore the places and the characters that still have a hold on their imagination. 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. In Clockwork Angels , #1 bestselling author Kevin J. I’ve been reading this book since last year and I just finished it today, so I thought I might as well write a review of the book.Ĭlockwork Lives
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