Книга «Moving Pictures». Издательство: Gollancz. Год выпуска: 2023. Серия: Discworld. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 351. Автор: Pratchett Terry. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «Mort». Издательство: Gollancz. Год выпуска: 2013. Серия: Discworld. Переплет: Твердый переплет. Количество страниц: 272. Автор: Pratchett, Terry. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: 16+. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Death is Missing — Presumed. . . er. . . Gone.Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn.Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall, dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There’s a harvest to be gathered in.

‘You should do things because they’re right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.’Religion is a competitive business in the Discworld. Everyone has their own opinion and their own gods, of every shape and size — all fighting for faith, followers, and a place at the top.So when the great god Om accidentally manifests himself as a lowly tortoise, stripped of all divine power, it’s clear he’s become less important than he realised.In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast. Enter Brutha, the Chosen One — or at least the only One available. He wants peace, justice and love — but that’s hard to achieve in a world where religion means power, and corruption reigns supreme . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Small Gods is a standalone.

‘Noble dragons don’t have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.’The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.A shadowy secret brotherhood has summoned a dragon to spread terror throughout the city, intent on overthrowing the Patrician and ruling in his place. Too bad the dragon has ideas of its own …It’s up to Captain Sam Vimes and the ramshackle Night Watch to stop it. Only problem is, the Watch are more used to dealing with mobs than dragons.And if they can’t bring down this fire-breathing tyrant and reinstate their own, slightly less dangerous one, Ankh-Morpork might be lost. For ever…Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘You cannot interfere with fate. Who are you to judge who should live and who should die?’Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he’ll need to hire some help.It’s an offer Mort can’t refuse. As Death’s apprentice he’ll have free board, use of the company horse — and being dead isn’t compulsory. It’s a dream job — until Mort falls in love with Death’s daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life…Mort is the first book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘There’s a kind of magic in masks. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness . . .’The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theatrics and a harmless masked Ghost who lurks behind the scenes. But now a set of mysterious backstage murders may just stop the show.Agnes Nitt has left her rural home of Lancre in the hopes of launching a successful singing career in the big city. The only problem is, she doesn’t quite look the part. And there are two witches who would much rather she return home to join their coven.Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have travelled to Ankh-Morpork to convince Agnes that life as a witch is much better than one on the stage. Only now they’re caught up in a murder mystery featuring masks and maniacal laughter.And the show MUST go on . . .Maskerade is the fifth book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘Holy Wood is a different sort of place . . . Here, the most important thing is to be important.’A new phenomenon is taking over the Discworld: Moving Pictures. Created by the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork, the growing ‘clicks’ industry moves to the sandy land of Holy Wood, attracted by the light of the sun and some strange calling no one can quite put their finger on…Also drawn to Holy Wood are aspiring young stars Victor Tugelbend, a wizarding student dropout, and Theda ‘Ginger’ Withel, a small-town girl with big dreams.But behind the glitz and glamour of the clicks, a sinister presence lurks. Because belief is powerful in the Discworld, and sometimes downright dangerous…The magic of movies might just unravel reality itself.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Moving Pictures is a standalone.

‘Inside every living person is a dead person waiting to get out.’Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality for the heinous crime of developing . . . a personality. Sent to live like everyone else, Death takes a new name and begins working as a farmhand. He’s got the scythe already, after all.And for humanity, Death is just . . . gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn’t come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime?You can’t have the undead wandering about like lost souls — there’s no telling what might happen. Particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living . . .Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘It was octarine, The Colour Of Magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination…’Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course.Rincewind is the world’s worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world’s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself.And the whole thing’s just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge…The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew . . . The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.’Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn’t do is allow it to stop.On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world’s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well . . . time.Monk Lu-Tze, his apprentice Lobsang Ludd and Death’s granddaughter Susan must stop the clockmaker before he completes his task. Because a truly accurate clock will stop time completely.And then, there really will be no tomorrow . . .Thief Of Time is the fifth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘For the enemy is not troll, nor is it dwarf, but it is the baleful, the malign, the cowardly, the vessels of hatred, those who do a bad thing and call it good …’In the city of Ankh-Morpork, tension is rising between dwarf and troll communities.A dwarven fanatic has been stoking the flames of an old hatred born of the Battle of Koom Valley -an ancient war between the races that neither side has quite got over. When the dwarf is murdered, with a troll the only witness, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch must solve the case before history repeats itself.With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war drums sounding, Vimes must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. But darkness is following him …And at six o’clock every day he must go home to read a bedtime story to his son. There are some things you have to do.Thud! is the seventh book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’A lie can run round the world before The Truth has got its boots on’William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld’s first newspaper.Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist’s life — people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes.William just wants to get at The Truth. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it’s only the third edition…The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Truth is a standalone novel.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’Trousers. That’s the secret…Put on trousers and the world changes. We walk different. We act different. I see these girls and I think: idiots! Get yourself some trousers!’Women belong in the kitchen — everyone knows that. Not in jobs, pubs or indeed trousers, and certainly not on the front line.Nonetheless, Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape takes more time.There’s a war on. There’s always a war on, and Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of it.All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee.It’s time to make a stand.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone novel.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It’s lying, only for a better class of people.They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime’s work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It’s not something you can just pick up on the job.A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper — an important copper, true — chief of police — but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador — to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run.At some point during his ambassadorship, things went very wrong. It’s snowing. It’s freezing. And if Vimes can’t make it through the forest, with only his wits and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don’t ask), there’s going to be a terrible war.There are monsters on his trail. They’re bright. They’re fast. They’re werewolves — and they’re catching up.

There’s a werewolf with pre-lunar tension in Ankh-Morpork. And a dwarf with attitude and a golem who’s begun to think for itself.But for Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, that’s only the start . . .There’s treason in the air. A crime has happened.He’s not only got to find out whodunit, but howdunit too. He’s not even sure what they dun. But soon as he knows what the questions are, he’s going to want some answers.

The third book in the incredible Tiffany Aching series. Now in a brand-new gift edition.Saying it with frozen roses and icebergsTiffany Aching leaps into a dance — and suddenly the spirit of winter is in love with her. He’s showering her with snowflakes and offering her a crown of ice. Which is creepy, but also just a little bit . . . cool.Now she’s dancing to his tune. She can’t change the steps.But unless Tiffany can work out how to deal with the Wintersmith, there will never be another springtime . . .

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they’re in the mood for trying everything else.The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which worries him, too). As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever.Because the thing about football — the important thing about football — is that it is not just about football.Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!

The first book in the incredible Tiffany Aching series. Now in a brand-new gift edition!A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . .Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle — aka The Wee Free Men — a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself . . .

The incredible Carnegie-winning adventure, now in a brand-new gift edition.Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very own plague of rats — strangely educated rats . . .But in Bad Blintz, the little con suddenly goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune and now the rats must learn a new word.EVIL.It’s not a game any more. It’s a rat-eat-rat world. And that might only be the start . . .

«‘Carpe Jugulum,’ read Agnes aloud. ‘That’s . . . well, Carpe Diem is Seize the Day, so this means -»Go for the throat . . .'»Vampires have come to Lancre, but they’re not what you’d expect. Sure, they drink blood and view humans as dinner, but they’re modern and sophisticated. They’ve got style and fancy waistcoats. And they’re not a bit afraid of garlic.The Magpyr family are out of the casket and want a bite of the future. But they haven’t met the neighbours yet.Between them and Lancre stand a coven of four — Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat and young Agnes — and they don’t take kindly to murderous intruders . . .Carpe Jugulum is the sixth book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A’Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation.The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby’s sex…Terry Pratchett turns his acute satirical eye on sexual equality and chauvanism in his hilarious third Discworld novel.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is.’What shall we do?’ said Twoflower.’Panic?’ said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero.What it doesn’t need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own.Which is a shame, because that’s all there is…The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series.

Eighth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series.The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.’It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse.Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many, many bodies — and an ancient crime more terrible than murder.He is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth, out of bacon sandwiches; and out of his mind. But never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a punishment.They say that in the end all sins are forgiven.Vimes is about to uncover the exception.

Saying it with frozen roses and icebergsYoung witch Tiffany Aching leaps into a dance — and suddenly the spirit of winter is in love with her.Now she’s dancing to his tune, and she can’t change the steps.Unless she can work out how to deal with the Wintersmith, there will never be another springtime…

‘Some people would be asking: whose side are you on? If you’re not for us, you’re against us. Huh. If you’re not an apple, you’re a banana’Koom Valley, where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls, was a long time ago.But if he doesn’t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him.Oh . . . and at six o’clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read ‘Where’s My Cow?’, with all the right farmyard noises, to his little boy.There are some things you have to do.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they’re in the mood for trying everything else.This is not going to be a gentleman’s game.The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt) but there is something powerful, and dark, locked away inside him.As the match approaches, secrets are forced into the light and four lives will be entangled and changed for ever. Here we go, here we go, here we go!The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Unseen Academicals is the seventh book in the Wizards series.

Every land needs its own witch.There’s a monster in the river, a headless horsemen in the drive. And now Granny Aching has gone, there’s only young Tiffany Aching left to guard the boundaries.It’s her land. Her duty.But it’s amazing how useful a horde of unruly pictsies can be . . .

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’Neighbours… hah. People’d live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear.’When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed. Of course, no-one would dream of starting a war without a perfectly good reason…such as a ‘strategic’ piece of old rock in the middle of nowhere.It is after all every citizen’s right to bear arms to defend their own. Even if it isn’t technically their own. And even if they don’t have much in the way of actual weaponry. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch faces unpleasant foes who are out to get him… and that’s just the people on his side. The enemy might be even worse.

The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .In this life there are givers and takers. It’s safe to say that vampires are very much in the latter camp. They don’t have much time for the givers of this world – except perhaps at mealtimes . . .Welcome to Lancre, where the newest residents are a thoroughly modern, sophisticated vampire family. They’ve got style and fancy waistcoats. They’re out of the casket and want a bite of the future.Everyone knows you don’t invite vampires into your house – unless you want permanent guests – nonetheless the King of Lancre has invited them to stay and celebrate the birth of his daughter. Now, these vampires have no intention of leaving . . . ever.But they haven’t met the neighbours yet.Between the vampires and their next meal stand the witches of Lancre: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat and young Agnes. As the residents of Lancre living are about to discover, it will take more than garlic and crucifixes to take back their home.

‘We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.’Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match without using magic . . . so they’re in the mood for trying everything else.To do this, they recruit an unlikely group of players: Trev, a street urchin with a talent for kicking a tin can; Glenda, the night chef who makes a mean pie; Juliet, the kitchen hand turned world’s greatest fashion model; and the mysterious Mr Nutt, who has something powerful, and dark, locked away inside him . . .And the thing about football — the important thing about football — is that it is not just about football. Here we go, here we go, here we go!Unseen Academicals is the seventh book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘A lie can run round the world before The Truth can get its boots on.’William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork’s first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . .Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.It’s a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader. And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Truth is a standalone.

A beautiful gift edition of the classic Discworld novel.Eric is the Discworld’s only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he’s not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff.But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc’s most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind’s Luggage (the world’s most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain.Terry Pratchett’s hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld’s most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more – this time, quite fervently, that he’d never been born.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It’s the other way around.’Three witches — Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick — have gathered on a lonely heath. A king has been cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. An infant heir and the crown of the kingdom, both missing . . .Witches don’t have these kind of dynastic problems themselves – in fact, they don’t have leaders.Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders the witches don’t have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Wyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .Fairy godmothers develop a very deep understanding about human nature, which makes the good ones kind and the bad ones powerful.Inheriting a fairy godmother role seemed an easy job . . . After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn’t marry a prince?Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. That’s the problem with real life – it tends to get in the way of a good story, and a good story is hard to resist.Servant girls have to marry the prince, whether they want to or not. You can’t fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a rival Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can’t refuse.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. You mess with it at your peril. You can let it move fast or slowly but what you mustn’t do is allow it to stop.The Monks of History have the glamorous job of time management in the Discworld. They store it and pump it from the places where it’s wasted (like the underwater — how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there’s never enough time.But with the construction of the world’s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time begins for History monk for Lu Tze and his suspiciously talented apprentice Lobsang Ludd.Because a truly accurate clock will stop time.And when time stands still, everything in human existence stops with it. Then, there really is no future.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Thief of Time is the fifth book in the Death series.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’Just because you can’t explain it, doesn’t mean it’s a miracle.’In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: ‘Hey, you!’ This is the Discworld, after all, and religion is a controversial business.Everyone has their own opinion, and indeed their own gods, of every shape and size, and all elbowing for space at the top. In such a competitive environment, shape and size can be pretty crucial to make one’s presence felt.So it’s certainly not helpful to be reduced to appearing in the form of a tortoise, a manifestation far below god-like status in anyone’s book.In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast: for the Great God Om, Brutha the novice is the Chosen One – or at least the only One available. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Small Gods is a standalone novel.

The Discworld is very much like our own — if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .’Death has to happen. That’s what bein’ alive is all about. You’re alive, and then you’re dead. It can’t just stop happening.’But it can. And it has.Death is missing – presumed gone.Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn’t come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime?You can’t have the undead wandering about like lost souls — there’s no telling what might happen!Particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series.

The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .Change is in the air for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, con-man, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office.A steaming, clanging new invention – a steam locomotive named Iron Girder, to be precise – is drawing astonished crowds. Suddenly it’s a matter of national importance that the trains run on time.Moist does not enjoy hard work. His input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesn’t involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters.What Moist does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and they’ll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Raising Steam is the third and final book in the Moist von Lipwig series.

‘Look after the dead’, said the priests, ‘and the dead will look after you.’Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Teppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected, and your treasury is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father.He’d had the best education money could buy of course, but unfortunately the syllabus at the Assassin’s Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not cover running a kingdom and basic financial acumen…