Thief of time
Subtitle: a novel of Discworld
By: Terry Pratchett
Series: Discworld series
Publisher: HarperTorch
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780061031328
Description: In Discworld, time is a resource managed by the highly capable Monks of History. Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it. While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He's going to stop. Well, stop time that is, by building the world's first truly accurate clock. Which means esteemed History Monk Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd have to put on some speed to stop the timepiece before it starts. For if the perfect clock starts ticking, time, as we know it, will end. And then the trouble will really begin.
Notes: An excerpt from the author's book, "Night watch" appears on p. [359]-378.