{"product_id":"discworld-26-thief-of-time-pb-w3","title":"Terry Pratchett: DISCWORLD 26 THIEF OF TIME [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is the best Pratchett I've read' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. You mess with it at your peril. You can let it move fast or slowly but what you mustn't do is \u003cb\u003eallow it to stop. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Monks of History have the glamorous job of time management in the \u003cb\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/b\u003e. They 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But with the construction of the world's first \u003ci\u003etruly\u003c\/i\u003e accurate clock starts a race against, well, time begins for History monk for \u003cb\u003eLu Tze \u003c\/b\u003eand his suspiciously talented apprentice\u003cb\u003e Lobsang Ludd\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecause a truly accurate clock will stop time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd when time stands still, everything in human existence stops with it. Then, there really is no future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Discworld novels can be read in any order but \u003cb\u003eThief of Time\u003c\/b\u003e is the fifth book in the Death series. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pratchett, Terry","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44301017088290,"sku":"9780552167642","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49145687834963,"sku":"XV80552167642","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/pratchett-terry-terry-pratchett-discworld-26-thief-of-time-2013-paperback-58002403197267.jpg?v=1726941197","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/discworld-26-thief-of-time-pb-w3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}