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Pyramids

Part of the Discworld series

  • 366 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1989
  • 45 editions

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1 About this book

It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun. First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids.

Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal -- not to mention aheadstrong handmaiden -- at the heart of his realm.

Good for readers who want: fantasy and humor.

  • Fantasy
  • Humor
  • Science fiction
  • Discworld (Imaginary place)

2 About Terry Pratchett

1948–2015

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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