Thief of Time
Produktbeschreibung
Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels.<BR><BR>'This is the best Pratchett I've read' Sunday Telegraph<BR><BR>'Maybe the best Discworld book' 5-star reader review<BR><BR>'The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew . . . The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'<BR><BR>Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn't do is allow it to stop.<BR><BR>On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well . . . time.<BR><BR>Monk Lu-Tze, his apprentice Lobsang Ludd and Death's granddaughter Susan must stop the clockmaker before he completes his task. Because a truly accurate clock will stop time completely.<BR><BR>And then, there really will be no tomorrow . . .<BR><BR>Thief of Time is the fifth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.<BR><BR>Praise for the Discworld series:<BR><BR>'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday<BR><BR>'Pratchett is a master storyteller' Guardian<BR><BR>'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin<BR><BR>'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone' Daily Express<BR><BR>'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch<BR><BR>'Masterful and brilliant' Fantasy & Science Fiction<BR><BR>'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times<BR><BR>'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph<BR><BR>'Nothing short of magical' Chicago Tribune<BR><BR>'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX<BR><BR>'[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in …