Only You Can Save Mankind [Paperback]

"An impressively original book with its thrills and spills, its inventiveness, its wit and continuous readability. A rare treat--a top-quality gripping tale genuinely rooted in contemporary culture"
-"Daily Telegraph"

A hugely entertaining and thought-provoking new adventure from the master of comic fantasy, Terry Pratchett, author of the bestselling Truckers trilogy. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

A computer-game-inspired adventure by the author of the "Discworld" novels. 12-year-old Johnny sets off on a wild seesaw from reality to the computer game, in a romp involving space warfare, starships and aliens, and a range of characters including the Screewee Captain and Wobbler Johnson.

IF NOT YOU, WHO ELSE?

As the mighty alien fleet from the very latest computer game thunders across the computer screen, Johnny prepares to blow them into the usual million pieces.

And they send him a message.

We surrender.

They're not supposed to do that! They're supposed to die. And computer joysticks don't have 'Don't Fire' buttons...

It's hard enough, trying to save Mankind from the Galactic Hordes. It's even harder trying to save the Galactic Hordes from Mankind. But it's only a game, isn't it.

Isn't it?

A hugely entertaining and thought-provoking new adventure from the master of comic fantasy, Terry Pratchett, author of the bestselling Truckers trilogy.

Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. His first Discworld novel for children, THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.