Mainspring (novel)
Mainspring is the third novel from writer Jay Lake. It is a clockpunk science fiction novel.
 Cover of 2007 First Edition | |
| Author | Jay Lake |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Stephane Martiniere |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | June 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardbound) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7653-1708-7 |
| OCLC | 85243813 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3612.A519 M35 2007 |
| Followed by | Escapement |
This novel is followed by the 2008 sequel Escapement and the 2010 sequel Pinion.
Plot summary
Mainspring is the story of a young clockmaker's apprentice, who is visited by the Archangel Gabriel. He is told that he must take the Key Perilous and rewind the mainspring of the Earth. It is running down, and disaster to the planet will ensue if it's not rewound. From innocence and ignorance to power and self-knowledge, the young man will make the long and perilous journey to the South Polar Axis, to fulfill the commandment of his God.
gollark: You are an *utter* octachoron.
gollark: You complete triskaidecagon.
gollark: Maybe this survey was asking something like "which of these worry you", and you could select multiple, and some dodecahedron just added them up like that somehow.
gollark: ... is being impacted negatively by this, which is bad.
gollark: Is that entire last meme just made to be mean to virtue ethicists?
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