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“Clockwork Angels: The Novel” – the companion piece to Rush’s latest album, Clockwork Angels,” will be published September 1.

Colorado-based sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson teamed up with Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart to create a novelization of the story behind the project.

"Most of you are aware of my long-standing friendship with Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist from the legendary rock band Rush, as well as how much Rush has influenced my work,” said Anderson a few months ago. “My first novel, 'Resurrection, Inc.', was closely inspired by the Rush album 'Grace Under Pressure', and I can point to dozens of other novels and stories that bear a clear Rush influence.

"For more than twenty years, Neil and I have wanted to collaborate on something MAJOR, a way we could tie together our imaginations, and at last that's happening.”

"I'm writing the novelization of Rush's forthcoming album, 'Clockwork Angels', their first new CD in five years. Imagine if someone had written the novel of 'The Wall', 'Tommy', or 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' when those classic albums were released. For Rush fans, 'Clockwork Angels' is that project.”

Fans can now preview the first chapter of “Clockwork Angels; The Novel” at Rolling Stone here.

Rush will introduce “Clockwork Angels” to fans when they kick off their North American Tour in Manchester, NH. on September 7.

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