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Civilization is breaking down, and a brilliant scientist’s solution is unlike anything imagined before: androids capable of human emotion. But when her first creation spirals out of control, she is left with one final prototype – an unfinished machine who could either safeguard humanity’s future or bring about its end. Dr. Evelyn Gillespie has devoted her life to preparing for humanity’s collapse. Nations are fracturing, wars are spreading, and civilization is slipping into ruin. Her answer: a new kind of android — machines not just built to think, but to feel.

In this dreamlike tale, Fred is visiting his grandfather when time suddenly stops. Setting out to discover why, Fred meets Maestro Orpheus and his magical lyre. Together they begin a musical adventure along the Corridor of Time, on their way to wind the World Clock. Drawing on a broad range of classical music by composers from Bach and Haydn to Chopin and Strauss, Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock explores the intimate relationship between time, memory, and music in a way that is intended to delight and fill with wonder.