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Diggers

Diggers

FantasyYoung Adult
Pages
224
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

After the collapse of the Store, the Nomes who remained behind have found a quarry to shelter in — and are trying, with limited success, to build something that functions as a society. Masklin is missing. The humans keep coming closer. And the question of what Nomes are actually for, and where they came from, is becoming harder to avoid. The second novel in the Bromeliad Trilogy, in which Pratchett tests his tiny protagonists against the mechanics of real survival.

Prose complexity
2/10

Vibe

FunnyAdventurousThought-ProvokingTense
Found FamilySurvivalComing of AgeFish Out of Water

Genres

Fantasy Young Adult Science Fiction

About the author

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Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was an English author best known for the Discworld series, a sequence of forty-one comic fantasy novels set on a flat world carried through space on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle. Across four decades, the Discworld grew from a parody of sword-and-sorcery fantasy into one of the most sustained works of social satire in English literature, examining politics, religion, science, gender, race, capitalism, and the nature of stories themselves. Pra...

Characters

GrimmaProtagonist

Steps into a larger leadership role in Masklin's absence — practical, literate, and increasingly impatient with Nome society's resistance to change.

MasklinSupporting

Away on a mission, but his absence shapes the events in the quarry throughout.

All characters in Diggers

Frequently asked questions

  • Do I need to read Truckers before Diggers?

    Yes. Diggers is the direct sequel to Truckers and requires its events and characters. The Bromeliad Trilogy should be read in order: Truckers → Diggers → Wings.

  • Is Diggers available as a standalone?

    It was published as a standalone book, but the story is a middle section of a trilogy and does not have a resolved ending. Reading the three books consecutively is strongly recommended.

  • What is the quarry in Diggers?

    After the department store in Truckers is demolished, the Nomes who stayed behind relocate to a nearby quarry. The quarry setting drives the second novel's plot — it is a harsher environment that tests the Nomes' ability to form a working community.