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

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

Michael Reaves James Michael Reaves (born September 14, 1950) is an American writer, known for his contributions as scriptwriter and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including '' Disney's Gargoyles'' and '' Batman: The An ...

and

Mallory Reaves Mallory Reaves (born 1984 to parents Michael Reaves and Brynne Chandler) is a writer from Southern California. She was initially known for her adaptations of the popular manga series ''After School Nightmare'' (nominated for a 2007 Will Eisner Awa ...

. 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 ''The Silver Dream'' is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves. It is a sequel to the 2007 novel ''InterWorld'', and was published in 2013. Summary ''The Silver Dream'' continues the story of Joey ...

''. ''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 long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

, 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

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