He was standing next to someone Brutha vaguely recognized as the number-one salt or whatever his title was. There was Sergeant Simony, a muscular young man with the deadpan expression of the truly professional soldier. Brutha stared at the gray shapes as they zigzagged under the keel in a world where they never had to. Away to one side-port or starboard or one of those directions-a school of flying fish broke the surface in an attempt to escape the attentions of some dolphins. To anyone except the novice, the boat was clipping through the waves on a good sailing day. In his box, Om tossed and shook to Brutha’s motion as Brutha staggered across the moving deck and reached the rail. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Small Gods is a standalone.To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt: He wants peace, justice and love-but that's hard to achieve in a world where religion means power, and corruption reigns supreme. Enter Brutha, the Chosen One-or at least the only One available. In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast. So when the great god Om accidentally manifests himself as a lowly tortoise, stripped of all divine power, it's clear he's become less important than he realized. Everyone has their own opinion and their own gods, of every shape and size-all fighting for faith, followers, and a place at the top. Religion is a competitive business in the Discworld. Until one day he hears the voice of a god calling his name.

Like Brutha, a simple lad who only wants to tend his melon patch.

Where the strangest things happen to the nicest people. Lost in the chill deeps of space between the galaxies, it sails on forever, a flat, circular world carried on the back of a giant turtle- Discworld -a land where the unexpected can be expected. The thirteenth novel in the Discworld series from New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett. Tolkien with a sharper, more satiric edge.' -Houston Chronicle Pratchett's Discworld books are filled with humor and magic.' -Chicago Tribune

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