Time itself is threatened— and its up to the History Monks to save it in Terry Pratchetts bestselling Discworld seriesEverybody wants more time. Which is why, on Discworld, only the experts can manage it—the venerable Monks of History who store it and pump it from where its wasted, like underwater how much time does a codfish really need? to places like cities, where busy denizens lament never having enough of it.While everyone talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. Hes going to stop. Well, stop time, that is, by building the worlds 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.
