In the New York Times bestselling Clockwork Angels, author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart created a fabulous, adventurous world in a novel that accompanied the Rush concept album of the same name. Anderson and Peart have returned to their colorful creation in Clockwork Lives, a steampunk Canterbury Tales that explores the lives of secondary characters in Clockwork Angels and introduces a new protagonist.

Clockwork Lives will be released by ECW Press on September 1st. An Amazon pre-order link can be found below.

Marinda Peake is a woman with a quiet, perfect life in a small village. Her alchemist father’s will leaves Marinda a mysterious inheritance: a blank book that she must fill with other people’s stories — and ultimately her own. Styled after Marinda’s book, the volume itself will be a beautiful homage to traditional bookmaking. A limited-run collector’s edition will also be available.

Peart’s bestselling memoir Far And Near: On Days Like These (October 2014) will be also released in paperback in August 2015. The Huffington Post calls Far And Near “a beautiful text, rife with interesting photos, anecdotes, and factoids.”

Kevin J. Anderson is the bestselling and award-winning science fiction author of over 120 novels. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, DC Comics, and The X-Files and, with Brian Herbert, is the co-author of 14 novels in the Dune universe. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series; Terra Incognita; Resurrection, Inc.; Hopscotch; and the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., series. Neil Peart is the drummer and lyricist of the legendary rock band Rush and the author of Ghost Rider, The Masked Rider, Traveling Music, Roadshow, Far and Away, and Far and Near.