Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel.
'Pratchett remains a consistently clever, charming and funny voice' Independent
โOne of my favourite Discworld booksโ 5-star reader review
'"Look after the dead," said the priests, "and the dead would look after you."'
Young Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy.
Which just so happens to be at the Assassins' Guild.
But when Teppic's father dies suddenly, fate takes him away from assassination to something far more unsavoury: politics. Teppic returns home to the small, penniless kingdom of Djelibeybi to take his place as ruler.
It isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. As tradition dictates, the new king must build a monumental pyramid to honour his dead father.
But this one might just bankrupt the kingdom, and warp the very fabric of time and space itself . . .
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Pyramids is a standalone.
Praise for the Discworld series:
'[Pratchettโs] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday
โPratchett is a master storytellerโ Guardian
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin
'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyoneโ Daily Express
โOne of the most consistently funny writers aroundโ Ben Aaronovitch
โMasterful and brilliantโ Fantasy & Science Fiction
โPratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times
โThe best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph
โNothing short of magicalโ Chicago Tribune
'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX
โ[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...There's never been anything quite like itโ Evening Standard
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