A stand-alone Discworld story giving a more indepth look into the Assassin's Guild of Ankh-Morpork! A great place to start with, if you haven't read anything by Terry Pratchett or are new to his Discworld series!

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This was a great book if you like parody type humor. Terry Pratchett is great for taking the things we see everyday and putting a spin to them. Science fiction with humor.

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Not my favorite Pratchett...that dubious honor goes to Thief of Time. However, this book was quirky Pratchett at his best, clever and witty without sacrificing the insight and honesty he's known for. Very enjoyable, tight plot, endearing characters.

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In Discworld, the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi suddenly has a new king on the throne - a king that has just finished his final exam to become an assassin in Ankh-Morpork. Teppic comes home after years away at school to discover that nothing has changed - except him. As he tries to find out how he fits into the role of king (no one listens to him, they only listen to the translations of his words provided by the lead priest, Dios), the work on his father's pyramid, the largest ever, commences. However, strange quantum forces and geometry of unknown results are creating strange effects around the pyramid and soon the whole kingdom finds itself changed and isolated from the rest of Discworld.

In typical Terry Pratchett fashion, this book pokes fun at pyramid power, ancient religions, and beliefs, as well as at mathematics, philosophy, and war.

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This installment of Pratchett's Discword books sees the author aiming his always-sharp wit at Ancient Egypt. Teppic, the crown prince of Djelibeybi (aka, Egypt) has been away in Ankh-Morpork studying to be an assassin. When, upon the death of his father, he is called back to take his rightful place as Pharaoh, he brings all kinds of new-fangled ideas (like plumbing) with him, to the dismay of of the scheming high priest. The priest insists on following tradition and building the recently deceased king the biggest, most impressive pyramid yet. But, since as every new-ager worth their salt knows, Pyramids are great focusers of mystic powers - trouble lies ahead. It may be up to the Greatest Mathematician on the Disc to save the day....

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Great Pratchett read. Great humor.

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