This is the Discworld’s last continent, a completely separate creation.
It’s hot. It’s dry…very dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in. Practically everything that’s not poisonous is venomous. But it’s the best bloody place in the world, all right?
And it’ll die in a few days, except…. Who is this hero striding across the red desert? Champion sheep shearer, horse rider, road warrior, beer drinker, bush ranger and someone who’ll even eat a Meat Pie Floater when he’s sober? A man in a hat whose luggage follows him on little legs, who’s about to change history by preventing a swagman stealing a jumbuck by a billabong?
Yes…all this place has between itself and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, the inept wizard who can’t even spell wizard. Still…no worries, eh?
Also, Terry Pratchett would like it to be known that The Last Continent is not a book about Australia. It’s just vaguely Australian.
Audiobook
The Last Continent is available as an unabridged audio recording, read by Colin Morgan. You can listen to a sample below.