CARPE JUGULUM

A paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the sixth book in the Witches series, part of the Discworld novels. Incredibly funny . . . compulsively readable The Times ‘Satirical fantasy with a core of character self-discovery. Brilliant’ 5-star reader review Carpe Jugulum, read Agnes aloud. Thats . . . well, Carpe Diem is Seize the Day, so this means - Go for the throat . . . Vampires have come to Lancre, but theyre not what youd expect. Sure, they drink blood and view humans as dinner, but theyre modern and sophisticated. Theyve got style and fancy waistcoats. And theyre not a bit afraid of garlic. The Magpyr family are out of the casket and want a bite of the future. But they havent met the neighbours yet. Between them and Lancre stand a coven of four - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat and young Agnes - and they dont take kindly to murderous intruders . . . Carpe Jugulum is the sixth book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. Praise for the Discworld series: [Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction Mail on Sunday ‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest George R.R. Martin One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express ‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch ‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction ‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable The Times ‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse The Sunday Telegraph ‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns SFX ‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inven