Nation by Pratchett, Terry (Sir Terence David John "terry" Pratchett) - 2008

London, England: Doubleday. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book from being read. The text pages are clean and bright, with some beginning toning to the edges of the text block. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "On the day the world ends - Mau is on his way home from the Boy's Island. Soon he will be a man. And then the wave comes - a huge wave, dragging black night behind it and bringing a schooner, the Sweet Judy, which sails over and through the island rainforest. As the ship comes to a crashing halt, only one soul is left alive (or two, if you count parrots). " "Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which he wrote two books a year on average. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the UK, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days." .