Last Continent

#22 Discworld

Terry Pratchett

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Doubleday
15 November 2016

Fantasy; Magic; Humorous Fantasy; Mythological Creatures, People & Places

Series: Discworld

The twenty-second Discworld novel, now available in hardback as part of the Discworld Collector's Library.

A special hardback gift edition of classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the sixth book in the Wizards series, part of the Discworld novels.

'A minor masterpiece. I laughed so much I fell from my armchair' Time Out

'One of Sir Terry's best... written, like all of his works, with humour, intelligence, and kindness' 5-star reader review

'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.'

Rincewind, inept wizard and reluctant hero, has found himself magically stranded on the Discworld's last continent.

It's hot. It's dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in any more. Practically everything that's not poisonous is venomous. But it's the best bloody place in the world, all right?

And in a few days, it will die. The only thing standing between the last continent and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, and he can't even spell wizard.

Still . . . no worries, eh?

The Last Continent is the sixth book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

Praise for the Discworld series-

' Pratchett's

spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday

'Pratchett is a master storyteller' Guardian

'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin

'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone' Daily Express

'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch

'Masterful and brilliant' Fantasy & Science Fiction

'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times

'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph

'Nothing short of magical' Chicago Tribune

'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX

' Discworld is

compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...

There's never been anything quite like it' Evening Standard

By: Terry Pratchett
Imprint: Doubleday
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 22
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 433g
ISBN: 9780857524140
ISBN 10: 0857524143
Series: Discworld
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 15 November 2016
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

Reviews for Last Continent (#22 Discworld)

Delightful...gleeful and downright mischievous-Sunday Telegraph Pratchett's writing is a constant delight. No one mixes the fantastical and the mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of human endeavour-Daily Mail