Diggers
core novel 1990 The Bromeliad Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.92 (14,040 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 173 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552525862 |
Synopsis
In Diggers, the Nomes who fled their demolished department store home in the previous book have resettled at an abandoned quarry, only to find new turmoil awaiting them there. Within the group, a faction pushes to rebuild the kind of settled, insular life the Nomes led before, while others must contend with humans reopening the quarry for work, threatening to expose or displace the community all over again. As tensions between competing visions for the Nomes' future come to a head, the group is forced into a dramatic escape, repurposing an old digger abandoned at the site to get their people to safety before the human workers' return makes staying impossible.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Bromeliad Trilogy
- Series: The Bromeliad Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Notes
- From the series record (The Bromeliad Trilogy): Also published as The Nome Trilogy in some editions/markets.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Bromeliad Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous Truckers (1989) · next Wings (1990)
Sources
- Reference wiki entry: The Nome Trilogy
- Publisher listing: The Bromeliad Trilogy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bromeliad
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