Truckers
core novel 1989 The Bromeliad Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.96 (17,431 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 320 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552525954 |
Synopsis
Truckers opens in the English countryside, where Masklin leads a small, dwindling band of Nomes, a race of tiny people living hidden among and largely unnoticed by ordinary humans. Struggling to survive after being forced from their previous home, the group hitchhikes aboard a truck in search of safety and better prospects, uncertain where the journey will take them or whether they will find any of their own kind still surviving elsewhere. Their unplanned ride delivers them to a sprawling department store, where they discover thousands of fellow Nomes already living a settled, if precarious, existence behind the walls and under the floors, forcing Masklin's small band to adjust to a society far larger and more complex than the one they left behind.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Bromeliad Trilogy
- Series: The Bromeliad Trilogy core; position 1 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 1 of 3: next Diggers (1990)
Sources
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