The Truth
(Discworld Novel 25)
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Published:23rd Feb '23
Should be back in stock very soon

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel.
'An unmitigated delight . . . very, very funny' The Times
‘A political thriller set in a fantasy world and a fantasy novel involving a political thriller…. A classic from a master storyteller’ 5-star reader review
'A lie can run round the world before the truth can get its boots on.'
William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork's first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . .
Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.
It's a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader.
And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story . . .
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but The Truth is a standalone.
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
Pratchett has found his own way of turning lead into gold, and by that I don't just mean that he's written 25 bestsellers in 17 years, but that every one he has written is a treasure. * Guardian *
Fluent, intricately plotted and sometimes very funny. * Daily Telegraph *
He would be amusing in any form, and his spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction. * Mail on Sunday *
Pratchett fans are in for a treat with his 25th Discworld novel. * Daily Express *
The Truth is an unmitigated delight and very, very funny . . . The pace is compelling but he never lets his tale descend into simple farce. * The Times *
ISBN: 9781804990452
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm
Weight: 309g
448 pages