Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Thud! is the seventh book in the City Watch series.īorn Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. And the deadly puzzle is pulling him deep into the muck and mire of superstition, hatred, and fear-and perhaps all the way to Koom Valley itself. sharp to read Where's My Cow? to Sam, Jr.) But more than one corpse is waiting for Vimes in the eerie, summoning darkness of a labyrinthine mine network being secretly excavated beneath Ankh-Morpork's streets. (Vimes's second most-pressing responsibility, in fact, next to always being home at six p.m. Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is aware of the importance of solving the Hamcrusher homicide without delay. with a troll club lying conveniently nearby.

Lately, the influential dwarf, Grag Hamcrusher, has been fomenting unrest among Ankh-Morpork's more diminutive citizens-a volatile situation made far worse when the pint-size provocateur is discovered bashed to death. Centuries later, each species still views the other with simmering animosity. 'Pratchett's fantastic imagination and satirical wit are on full display.' - Publishers Weekly The 31 st novel in the Discworld series from beloved New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett Once, in a gods-forsaken hellhole called Koom Valley, trolls and dwarfs met in bloody combat.

Thud! by Terry Pratchett