Pyramids (by Terry Pratchett)

I’m slowly reading my way through Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, hoping to get further than I did last time I attempted to do so. I’ve just finished ‘Pyramids’, seventh in the series, and one I still mostly remembered from last time, when I re-read it just three years ago.

Teppic is the main character. He’s the crown prince of a country called Djelibeybi (it has to be said aloud, or at least read phonetically….) but we meet him when he’s just finishing his training as an assassin in Ankh Morpork. He’s...