Book description
In the beginning there was. a turtle.
Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists
the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell
very much like our own, but which looks completely different.
Particularly as it's carried though space on the back of a giant
turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules.
But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc's very
existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the
world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and
prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, the person charged with
maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and,
well, Death, is a spectacularly inept wizard.
Terry Pratchett
is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series,
the first of which,
The Colour of Magic
, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of fifty bestselling
books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he
is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well
as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide
sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and they have been
translated into thirty-seven languages.
