Raising Steam

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó The international bestselling author of the hilarious Discworld seriesΓÇöa writer whoΓÇÖs been compared to Mark Twain and Kurt VonnegutΓÇöintroduces the first steam engine into his complex,zany fantasy world. ΓÇ£Everything that makes Pratchett one of the worldΓÇÖs most delightful writers.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöCory Doctorowauthor of Boing Boing Mister Simnel has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all the elementsΓÇöearthairfireand waterΓÇöand itΓÇÖs soon drawing astonished crowds. To the consternation of Ankh-MorporkΓÇÖs formidable PatricianLord Vetinarino one is in charge of this new invention. Who better to take the lead than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Officethe Mint and the Royal Bank? Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard workΓÇöunless it is dependent on wordswhich are not very heavy and donΓÇÖt always need greasing. He does enjoy being alivehoweverwhich makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of greasegoblinsa controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairsand some very angry dwarfs if heΓÇÖs going to stop it all from going off the rails.