Informationen zum Autor Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series! the first of which! The Colour of Magic ! was published in 1983. In all! he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen! and he was the winner of multiple prizes! including the Carnegie Medal! as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015. Time is a resource. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted to places like cities, where there's never enough time. But the construction of the world's first accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Zusammenfassung Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History! who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the 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! villains! yetis! martial artists and Ronnie! the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous).

Vorwort
Time is of the essence in Terry Pratchett's twenty-sixth Discworld novel.

Autorentext
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

Klappentext

Time is a resource. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted to places like cities, where there's never enough time. But the construction of the world's first accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd.

Zusammenfassung
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.

And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the 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, villains, yetis, martial artists and Ronnie, the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous).