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"The pleasure is in what is observed on the way, as River has designed his world-dominating powers, one British, another Oriental, with large and dedicated focus on the final detail. The pleasure of the following quantity--prefigured with unwavering quality in Escapementis closing pages--must be the breakthrough the location provides up."--Washington Post Book World on EscapementRejoin the Librarian and the Chinese sub skipper, the British sailor, the clockwork man, and the young sorceress who went south of the truly amazing equatorial wall.  This journey in Lake’s Clockwork Planet remains the story started in Escapement. "The cosmology of this world is definitely an enigmatic amazement, and it supports each little bit of motion and character….Lake includes a basketball moving his figures up and down this wonderful world, subjecting them to any or all types of challenges and destinations in a crazy number of configurations. His three primary protagonists all display unique and unforgettable people that permit us to filter their planet through three prisms of intellect and attitude….Fantasy happens to be "escapist" in the very best sense of the term, and River technicians an excellent story of people looking for freedom in the clockwork and traditions that ensnare them and us as well."--sci fi Regular on Escapement