<p><b>''The world lives between those who say it cannot be done and those who say that it can . . . </b><b>it''s just a matter of thinking creatively.''</b><br><br>Moist von Lipwig is a con man turned civil servant. As head of the Royal Bank and Post Office of Ankh-Morpork, he doesn''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 Moist''s case, death.<br><br>A brand-new invention has come to the city: a steam locomotive named Iron Girder, to be precise. With the railway''s introduction and rapid expansion, Vetinari enlists Moist to represent the government and keep things on track.<br><br>But as with all new technology, some people have <i>objections</i>, and Moist will have to use every trick in his arsenal to keep the trains running . . .<br><br><b>''The most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies''<i> Independent</i></b><br><br><i><b>Raising Steam</b> is the third and final book