Book:Thief of Time

Thief of Time
Cover art by Josh Kirby
Co-author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1 May 2001
ISBN	0385601883
Pages	320
RRP
Main characters	Susan Sto Helit, Lu-Tze, Jeremy Clockson, Lobsang Ludd
Series	Death Series
Annotations	View
Notes
All data relates to the first UK edition.

Blurb

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

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

Characters

Main characters

• Jeremy Clockson
• Myria LeJean
• Lu-Tze
• Lobsang Ludd
• Susan Sto Helit

Other

• Death
• Famine
• Igor
• History Monks
  • The Abbot
  • Clodpool
  • Dojo Master
  • Rambut Handisides
  • Qu
  • Marco Soto
  • Wen the Eternally Surprised
• Old John and family
• Nanny Ogg
• Pestilence
• Ronnie Soak
• War

Locations

• Ankh-Morpork
• Bong Phut
• Long Nap
• Oi Dong (in Enlightenment country)
• Uberwald
  • Bad Schuschein

External links

Thief of Time Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File

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