{"product_id":"9781804990551","title":"Pyramids","description":"\u003cb\u003eA paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, a standalone \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Pratchett remains a\u003cb\u003e consistently clever, charming \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e funny \u003c\/b\u003evoice' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘One of my \u003cb\u003efavourite\u003c\/b\u003e Discworld books’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\"Look after the dead,\" said the priests, \"and the dead would look after you.\"'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich just so happens to be at the Assassins' Guild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. As tradition dictates, the new king must build a monumental pyramid to honour his dead father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut this one might just bankrupt the kingdom, and warp the very fabric of time and space itself . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Discworld novels can be read in any order, but \u003c\/i\u003ePyramids\u003ci\u003e is a standalone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series \u003cb\u003eone of the perennial joys of modern fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Pratchett is \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, \u003c\/b\u003eand beyond a doubt\u003cb\u003e the funniest' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of those rare writers who\u003cb\u003e appeals to everyone\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of the most consistently funny writers \u003c\/b\u003earound’ Ben Aaronovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eMasterful and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he \u003cb\u003eis a satirist of enormous talent\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eincredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The \u003cb\u003ebest humorous English author\u003c\/b\u003e since P.G. Wodehouse'\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Nothing short of \u003cb\u003emagical\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Consistently \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e, consistently \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e and consistently \u003cb\u003esurprising\u003c\/b\u003e in its twists and turns' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘[Discworld is] \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable, fantastically inventive\u003c\/b\u003e, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…\u003cb\u003eThere's never been anything quite like it\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Cover may vary**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terry Pratchett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":67704339267744,"sku":"9781804990551","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c1d972e1-9b05-4a71-93bf-554112169f94.jpg?v=1792088338","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781804990551","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}