{"product_id":"the-bromeliad-trilogy-truckers-diggers-wings","title":"The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers\/Diggers\/Wings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 remember--or even believe in--life beyond the Store walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow all the nomes must learn to work together, and they must learn to think -- and to think BIG.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart satire, part parable, and part adventure story par excellence, master storyteller Terry Pratchett's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Bromeliad trilogy: \"Witty, funny, wise, and altogether delightful.\"--\u003cem\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet more of Sir Terry Pratchett's tiny-but-fierce heroes in the Discworld novel \u003cem\u003eThe Wee Free Men\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePratchett, Terry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSir Terry Pratchett\u003c\/strong\u003e was the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful Discworld series. His young adult novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Carnegie Medal, and \u003cem\u003eWhere's My Cow?\u003c\/em\u003e, his Discworld book for \"readers of all ages,\" was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller. His novels have sold more than seventy five million (give or take a few million) copies worldwide. Named an Officer of the British Empire \"for services to literature,\" Pratchett lived in England. He died in 2015 at the age of sixty-six.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50632036188434,"sku":"9780060094935","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e2bbd48-40cd-472d-bf90-24c00eccbd4f.jpg?v=1732787987","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bromeliad-trilogy-truckers-diggers-wings","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}