They shoot Ataba dead and take Daphne hostage. Not the friendly type, either: these guys were mutineers aboard the Sweet Judy. (Totally unlike our world, of course.)Īs they leave the cave, they discover that white European explorers have arrived. Their discovery could change the world, since at this point (the 1860s in an alternate universe), most people are convinced that Europeans invented everything awesome. It's like the Thinker to the power of a hundred. Inside, they find a great stone statue that proves that Mau's people were some of the world's earliest scientists and explorers. One day, Mau, Daphne, and Ataba explore the cave of Mau's ancestors. While they're bickering, Daphne's finding her place in the Woman's Place, making beer and birthing babies. These two get along about as well as Twinkies and hot sauce. More people arrive, including the priest Ataba, who doesn't take kindly to Mau's blaspheming of the gods. Don't you hate it when that happens? But, surprise surprise, they become friends and co-survivors after overcoming their initial embarrassing miscommunications. It's your typical boy-meets-girl story: Mau thinks Daphne's a ghost Daphne tries to shoot Mau. It crashes on Mau's island, also killing everyone aboard except one: a young girl named Ermintrude. Also caught up in the wave is a European ship called the Sweet Judy.
This is a deadly wave, one that kills almost an entire island nation, leaving just one survivor: a young boy named Mau.
Mau’s ancestors have something to teach us all.First comes the wave. Encompassing themes of death and nationhood, Terry Pratchett’s new novel is, as can be expected, extremely funny, witty and wise. Together, Mau and Daphne discover some remarkable things (including how to milk a pig, and why spitting in beer is a good thing), and start to forge a new nation. She’s certain her father, distant cousin of the Royal family, will come and rescue her but it seems, for now, that all she has for company is the boy and the foul-mouthed ship’s parrot, until other survivors arrive to take refuge on the island. Thank goodness the powder was wet and the gun only produced a spark. Daphne, sole survivor of the wreck of the Sweet Judy, almost immediately regrets trying to shoot the native boy. She has no toes, wears strange lacy trousers like the grandfather bird, and gives him a stick that can make fire. He’s completely alone - or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. You can read this before Nation PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Īlone on a desert island - everything and everyone he knows and loves has been washed away in a storm - Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Nation written by Terry Pratchett which was published in 2008-9. Brief Summary of Book: Nation by Terry Pratchett
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