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Raising Steam: (Discworld novel 40) Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

To the consternation from the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a fresh invention is here in Ankh-Morpork – an excellent clanging monster of the machine that harnesses the power out of all the components: globe, air, fireplace and water. This becoming Ankh-Morpork, it’s soon drawing astonished crowds, a few of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and incredibly sensible rainwear.

Moist von Lipwig is not a guy who enjoys hard work – as get good at of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Loan company his insight about Raising Steam: (Discworld novel 40) is, obviously, vital . but generally dependent on phrases, which are luckily not very large and don’t generally need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . .

Steam is rising over Discworld, powered by Mister Simnel, the person wi’ t’flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting agreement using the sine and cosine. Moist must grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fats controller with a history of throwing workers down the stairways and some extremely angry dwarfs if he’ll stop it all going off the rails . . .