Raising Steam

Author: Pratchett, Terry
ISBN: 9780857526502
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 19 Nov 2019
Pages: 480
Format: Hardback

The DiscworldP#39;s first train comes steaming into town and causes Moist von Lipwig all sorts of problems in this, the final, glorious adult novel in Terry PratchettP#39;s legendary, multi-million-selling sequence.

Plt;bPgt;A special hardback gift edition of classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Plt;iPgt;Industrial RevolutionPlt;/iPgt; series, part of the Plt;iPgt;DiscworldPlt;/iPgt; novels.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Plt;bPgt;One of the most consistently funny writers aroundP#8217;Plt;/bPgt; Ben Aaronovitch, Plt;iPgt;The GuardianPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Truly Plt;bPgt;a classicPlt;/bPgt; novel from Plt;bPgt;the master of meaningful comic fantasyP#8217;Plt;/bPgt; 5-star reader reviewPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;P#39;The world lives between those who say it cannot be done and those who say that it can . . . itP#39;s just a matter of thinking creatively.P#39;Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Moist von Lipwig is a con man turned civil servant. Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;As head of the Royal Bank and Post Office of Ankh-Morpork, he doesnP#39;t really want or need another job. But when the Patrician, Lord Vetinari, gives you a task, you do it or suffer the consequences. In MoistP#39;s case, death.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;A brand-new invention has come to the city: a steam locomotive named Iron Girder, to be precise. With the railwayP#39;s introduction and rapid expansion, Vetinari enlists Moist to represent the government and keep things on track.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;But as with all new technology, some people have Plt;iPgt;objectionsPlt;/iPgt;, and Moist will have to use every trick in his arsenal to keep the trains running . . .Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Raising SteamPlt;iPgt; is the third and final book in the Industrial RevolutionPlt;/iPgt; Plt;iPgt;series, but the Discworld novels can be read in any order.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;Plt;uPgt;Praise for the Plt;iPgt;DiscworldPlt;/iPgt; series:Plt;/uPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#39; PratchettP#8217;s spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series Plt;bPgt;one of the perennial joys of modern fictionP#39;Plt;/bPgt; Plt;iPgt;Mail on SundayPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Pratchett is Plt;bPgt;a master storytellerPlt;/bPgt;P#8217; Plt;iPgt;GuardianPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;One of our greatest fantasists, Plt;/bPgt;and beyond a doubtPlt;bPgt; the funniestP#39; Plt;/bPgt;George R.R. MartinPlt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#39;One of those rare writers whoPlt;bPgt; appeals to everyonePlt;/bPgt;P#8217; Plt;iPgt;Daily ExpressPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8216;One of the most consistently funny writers Plt;/bPgt;aroundP#8217; Ben AaronovitchPlt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Plt;bPgt;Masterful and brilliantPlt;/bPgt;P#8217; Plt;iPgt;Fantasy Pamp; Science FictionPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our ownP#8230; he Plt;bPgt;is a satirist of enormous talentPlt;/bPgt; ... Plt;bPgt;incredibly funnyPlt;/bPgt; ... Plt;bPgt;compulsively readableP#39;Plt;/bPgt; Plt;iPgt;The TimesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;The Plt;bPgt;best humorous English authorPlt;/bPgt; since P.G. WodehouseP#39;Plt;iPgt; The Sunday TelegraphPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#8216;Nothing short of Plt;bPgt;magicalPlt;/bPgt;P#8217; Plt;iPgt;Chicago TribunePlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Consistently Plt;bPgt;funnyPlt;/bPgt;, consistently Plt;bPgt;cleverPlt;/bPgt; and consistently Plt;bPgt;surprisingPlt;/bPgt; in its twists and turnsP#39; Plt;iPgt;SFXPlt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt; Plt;BRPgt;P#8216; Discworld is Plt;bPgt;compulsively readable, fantastically inventivePlt;/bPgt;, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our worldP#8230;Plt;bPgt;ThereP#39;s never been anything quite like itPlt;/bPgt;P#8217; Plt;iPgt;Evening StandardPlt;/iPgt;