Thief of Time

Series; Discworld. Physical description; [4], 5-316, [4] p. ; 25 cm. Notes; Price-clipped. Final unnumbered sequence blank. "A Discworld novel." - half title. Jacket illustration by Josh Kirby. Summary; The twenty-sixth Discworld novel from Britain s funniest and bestselling novelist. Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it s wasted (like underwater how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there s never enough time. But the construction of the world s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone s problems. Thief of Time comes complete with a full supporting cast of heroes and villains, yetis, martial artists and Ronnie, the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous)." Biography; Terry Pratchett is Britain s bestselling living novelist. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he doesn t want to get a life, because it feels as though he is trying to lead three already . He was appointed OBE in 1998." Subjects; Discworld (Imaginary place) - Fiction. Time - Fiction. Clocks and watches - Fiction. Discworld (Imaginary place). Fantasy fiction ; Science fiction. Fiction / Fantasy / General. Discworld (Imaginary place) ; Fiction ; Time. Genres; Fantasy fiction. Fiction. Humorous stories.