''Eternity's Wheel'' is a 2015 fantasy and science fiction novel by

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves. It is the third novel in the ''InterWorld'' trilogy; previous volumes were the 2007 novel ''

InterWorld ''InterWorld'' is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. The book was published in 2007 by EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It follows the story of Joey Harker who, together with a group of other Jo ...

'' and its 2013 sequel '' The Silver Dream''. ''Eternity's Wheel'' was issued by HarperTeen, an imprint of

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, on May 19, 2015.

Background

''Eternity's Wheel'' credits the story to Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, and Mallory Reaves with a "written by" credit being assigned to Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves. In a YouTube posting from April 2013, Gaiman explained that he met up with Reaves and Reaves (who are father and daughter) to plot out the third volume of the trilogy, but as with the previous volume in the ''InterWorld'' series, Gaiman's commitment to other projects prevented him from doing actual writing work on the book. The elder Reaves, meanwhile, suffers from

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor system, motor and non-motor systems. Symptoms typically develop gradually and non-motor issues become ...

, and was therefore unable to actually perform much (if any) writing work. Consequently, ''Eternity's Wheel'' was essentially written in its entirety by Mallory Reaves, with story notes and editing advice from the two credited co-authors.

References

2015 American novels 2015 fantasy novels American fantasy novels Collaborative novels Novels by Neil Gaiman American young adult novels HarperCollins books InterWorld {{2010s-sf-novel-stub