Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers, Diggers, and Wings » (1ST US)

A beloved British author who genre-jumps from humorous fantasy to science fiction to young adult books, Terry Pratchett is perhaps best known for his series of novels set in the fantastical setting of Discworld.

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 remember — or even believe in — life 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 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.

Publishers Weekly

First published individually in 1989 and 1990, The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers, Diggers, Wings by Terry Pratchett tells the story of a small band of four-inch-tall nomes, led by young Masklin, who join a larger society of nomes living in a human department store. When they learn that the Store is to be destroyed, various rival factions come together to find safety, and learn the surprising truth about their origins. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.