Pyramids

(Discworld Novel 7)

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone <i>Discworld</i> novel.</b><br><br>'Pratchett remains a<b> consistently clever, charming </b>and<b> funny </b>voice' <i>Independent</i><br><br>'One of my <b>favourite</b> Discworld books' 5-star reader review<br><br><i>'"Look after the dead," said the priests, "and the dead would look after you."'</i><br><br><b>Young Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy.</b><br><br>Which just so happens to be at the Assassins' Guild.<br><br>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.<br><br>It isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. As tradition dictates, the new king must build a monumental pyramid to honour his dead father.<br><br><b>But this one might just bankrupt the kingdom, and warp the very fabric of time and space itself . . .</b><br><br><i>The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but </i>Pyramids<i> is a standalone.</i><br><br>Praise for the <i>Discworld</i> series:<br><br>'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series <b>one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'</b> <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br>'Pratchett is <b>a master storyteller</b>' <i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>'One of our greatest fantasists, </b>and beyond a doubt<b> the funniest' </b>George R.R. Martin<br><br>'One of those rare writers who<b> appeals to everyone</b>' <i>Daily Express</i><br><br><b>'One of the most consistently funny writers </b>around' Ben Aaronovitch<br><br>'<b>Masterful and brilliant</b>' <i>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction</i><br><br>'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he <b>is a satirist of enormous talent</b> ... <b>incredibly funny</b> ... <b>compulsively readable'

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781804990551

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 127 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publishers Ltd