Nation

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.www.terrypratchettbooks.com

"Thought-provoking as well as fun, this is Pratchett at his most philosophical, with characters and situations sprung from ideas and games with language. And it celebrates the joy of the moment" -- Nicolette Jones The Times "Nation has profound, subtle and original things to say about the interplay between tradition and knowledge, faith and questioning... It's funny, exciting, lighthearted and, like all the best comedy, very serious" -- Frank Cottrell Boyce Guardian "Pratchett's immensely entertaining new young adult novel, manages to be both thought-provoking and sweet... At times Nation reads like Philip Pullman but with less anger and more jokes, and a bit more ambiguity... It's a wonderful story, by turns harrowing and triumphant" -- James Hynes The New York Times "Terry Pratchett is an indisputable one-off ... Nothing he writes is ever predictable - except that it will always be gloriously readable" -- Nicholas Tucker Independent "An ebullient and entertaining novel of ideas" Guardian