   thief of time is the 26th discworld novel written by terry pratchett, a 2002 locus award nominee. it was the last discworld novel with a cover by josh kirby. ==plot summary== the auditors are upset because the human race (although this appears to include all races on the discworld, not just the humans) are living their lives in - what the auditors consider to be - an unpredictable (and therefore not understandable) way. to fix this matter once and for all, they decide to convince a young clock maker, jeremy clockson, in ankh-morpork to build a perfect glass clock. they do not reveal that this will imprison time (the anthropomorphic personification) and thereby freeze time (the physical quantity) on the discworld. by freezing time, the auditors intend to eliminate the unpredictability that humans cause through their everyday actions (and have enough time, for once, to file all the paperwork). death discovers their plans, but is unable to act directly because he cannot see - and interact with - time (the anthropomorphic personification). instead, death sends his granddaughter susan to stop them, assisted (apparently) by the death of rats and quoth the raven. meanwhile, in a distant valley, a young apprentice of the history monks, lobsang ludd, is apprenticed to lu-tze, known throughout the oi dong monastery as 'the sweeper'. following a highly impressive patch-up job with time (the physical quantity) by
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