Ebook {Epub PDF} Diggers by Terry Pratchett

 · Continuing on with Terry Pratchett’s Nome Trilogy, which began with the mighty Truckers (), here we have Diggers. It follows the aftermath of the first novella, with the nomes now living in an abandoned quarry. Pratchett clearly had his ideas nailed down here, as the sequel arrived in A quick turnaround!Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Second in the Bromeliad trilogy about the desperate quest of Nomes to outwit the enormous, ponderous humans and escape Earth. As the result of an interrupted space journey, Nomes have been stranded here for 15, years; still, for humans they are only legends, or models for garden statues. To Masklin, Grimma, Dorcas, and the other Nomes who have finally awakened their guidance computer. The story picks directly up from DIGGERS and, as far as I can tell, the events of this sequel occur concurrently with the events from the third book in the trilogy, WINGS. Pratchett achieves this by splitting up his protagonists, sending half one way and the other half another/5.

Dorcas discovers an abandoned JCB digger (in American editions, a John Deere) and is able to get it working. They use the digger, which they nickname "Jekub" ("Big John" in American editions), to attack the human workmen and escape. They drive across fields pursued by police cars. The Nomes are rescued when Masklin arrives in the recovered. Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel, and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching. What listeners say about Diggers Average Customer Ratings. Overall. out of 5 stars out of 5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 36 2 Stars 7 1 Stars. Terry Pratchett, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $ (0p) ISBN

The Bromeliad, Comprising: Truckers, Diggers, Wings -by Terry Pratchett an Omnibus Edition (aka: The Nomes Trilogy) Pratchett, Terry. Published by N.Y. / New York: Guild America / GuildAmerica, No Date ('s), 1st US Omnibus Edition, First Printing (Book Club Edition), New York, NY, ISBN ISBN First published individually in and , 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. Terry Pratchett's lovable nomes return in "Diggers," the second book of the Bromeliad trilogy. It's an improvement on the first book "Truckers," with a steadier pace and a new twist on this tiny-aliens-among-us plotline.