The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers: Truckers, Diggers, and Wings

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From the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series comes a comic and insightful trilogy about a race of four-inch-high heroes trying to make sense of a human-size world. In a world whose seasons are defined by Christmas sales and Spring Fashions hundreds of tiny nomes live in the corners and crannies of a human-run department store. They have made their homes beneath the floorboards for generations and no longer rememberor even believe inlife beyond the Store walls. Until the day a small band of nomes arrives at the Store from the Outside. Led by a young nome named Masklin the Outsiders carry a mysterious black box (called the Thing) and they deliver devastating news: In twenty-one days the Store will be destroyed. Now all the nomes must learn to work together and they must learn to think -- and to think BIG. Part satire part parable and part adventure story par excellence master storyteller Terry Pratchetts engaging trilogy traces the nomes flight and search for safety a search that leads them to discover their own astonishing origins and takes them beyond their wildest dreams. Praise for the Bromeliad trilogy: Witty funny wise and altogether delightful.Locus Magazine Meet more of Sir Terry Pratchetts tiny-but-fierce heroes in the Discworld novel The Wee Free Men!