{"product_id":"the-clockmakers-key-philip-stengel-9798284510056","title":"The Clockmaker's Key","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hidden key. A clockwork realm behind the world. A future self willing to break time to \"fix\" it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old \u003cb\u003eOliver Finch\u003c\/b\u003e is still learning how to live in a house that feels unfinished after his grandfather Theo dies. Then Oliver finds something Theo never meant for the ordinary world, a warm brass key carved with a spiral and markings that do not belong to any lock he has ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe key opens a seam into \u003cb\u003ethe Clockwork Veil\u003c\/b\u003e, a vast workshop where time is woven, guided, and repaired. Waiting inside is \u003cb\u003eTickory Tock\u003c\/b\u003e, a winged pocket watch who served Theo for decades and knows exactly how dangerous curiosity can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Veil is failing. Threads snap. Islands flicker between impossible versions. And the force tearing at the weave is not a stranger. It is \u003cb\u003eChronovore\u003c\/b\u003e, an older Oliver with a scar, a cruel certainty, and a Time Engine that turns seconds into weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith fearless tinkerer \u003cb\u003eMidge Puddlefoot\u003c\/b\u003e and quiet \u003cb\u003eBarnaby \"Barny\" Twitch\u003c\/b\u003e (and his flock of clockwork birds), Oliver has one job: \u003cb\u003estop the fracture before it hooks into Finch Hollow and pulls his mother and his home into the Veil's broken rhythm.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Clockmaker's Key\u003c\/b\u003e is a fast, vivid middle-grade fantasy adventure about grief, courage, and the moment you decide whether you will repair what's broken, or become what breaks it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Stengel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798284510056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Philip Stengel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49169443356927,"sku":"9798284510056","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-clockmakers-key-philip-stengel-9798284510056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}