Being trained by the Assassin’s Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn’t too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems…

PYRAMIDS (THE BOOK OF GOING FORTH) IS THE SEVENTH DISCWORLD NOVEL – AND THE MOST OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY TO DATE.

‘Like Dickens, much of Pratchett’s appeal lies in his humanism, both in a sentimental regard for his characters’ good fortune, and in that his writing is generous-spirited and inclusive’

- Guardian

‘As funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh’

- Independent

‘Imagine a collision between Jonathan Swift at his most scatologically-minded and J.R.R. Tolkien on speed’

- Daily Telegraph

‘The best kind of parody – funny and smart and still a good story’

- Mail on Sunday