Resounding praise for international bestselling author TERRY PRATCHETT and MONSTROUS REGIMENT

“A master of laugh-out-loud fiction…[Pratchett] has created an alternate universe full of trolls, dwarfs, wizards, and other fantasy elements, and he uses that universe to reflect on our own culture with entertaining and gloriously funny results. It’s an accomplishment nothing short of magical.”

Chicago Tribune

“Very funny…A lot quirkier than J.K. Rowling…In Monstrous Regiment…Pratchett takes full and hilarious advantage of the opportunity to skewer everything from military court martials to male swagger.”

Miami Herald

“A top-notch satirist.”

Denver Post

“Terry Pratchett is difficult to review because you want to offer up your favorite scenes and allusions…Pratchett revels in pricking pomp and assurance…He can move from farce to sadness in seconds…Monstrous Regiment is most often spirited and shambolic, but it has some serious heft.”

New York Times Book Review

“An edgier, funnier version of J.R.R. Tolkien…Monstrous Regiment skewers the war hawk mentality.”

Austin American-Statesman

“Welcome to the splendidly skewed world of Terry Pratchett…The great pleasure of the novel is the author’s imaginative zing…But Pratchett isn’t just a cavalcade of quirky jokes and bizarre flights of fancy…You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realizing that you are in the presence of a true original among contemporary writers—a fantasist who loves naff humor and silly names, and yet whose absurd world is, at heart, a serious portrait of the jingoist fears that keep us at each other’s throats.”

London Sunday Times

“Pratchett’s writing is hilarious.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Nothing—not religion, not politics, not anything—is safe from him.”

South Bend Tribune

“Terry Pratchett seems constitutionally unable to write a page without at least a twitch of the grin muscles…[But] the notions Pratchett plays with are nae so narrow or nae so silly as your ordinary British farce. Seriously.”

San Diego Union-Tribune

“Surprisingly meaningful but never short of hilarious; a monstrous success for Pratchett.”

Kirkus Reviews

“One wild war story…Clever, fast-paced, and funny.”

St. Paul Pioneer Press

“A great piece of writing, akin to Jonathan Swift…This is unlike anything Pratchett has written before.”

The Express (London)

“Terry Pratchett is the Charles Dickens of our time, and if you think otherwise, you haven’t been paying attention…If you haven’t discovered him yet, you’ve a great many treats in store…This is a dark book in some ways, but it’s also hilarious…Pratchett never writes the same book twice…There are, by my count, twenty-four Discworld books…And they keep getting better.”

New Zealand Herald

“One of the year’s best books…
Gender-bending comic mayhem hides kernels of astute social commentary.”

East Bay Express (CA)

“Wickedly satirical…[Pratchett] makes some astute comments on power, religious intolerance, and sexual stereotyping…[His] perceptive handling of a timely topic…may inspire some sighs as well as laughter.”

Publishers Weekly (*Starred Review*)

“Thought-provoking yet entertaining…Newcomers as well as old fans will laugh long, hard, and often!”

Wilkes Barre Times Leader