title: The Compleat Ankh-Morpork
author:  Terry Pratchett 
description: "You'd have thought that, by now, Pratchett would be running out of ideas; thankfully, however, the universe he created 25 years ago just keeps on giving... It's a triumphant effort." --<i>Independent on Sunday</i>
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  Terry Pratchett
  
  THE TRUTH
  
  A Novel of Discworld®
  
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  Contents
  
  [Begin Reading](part0003.html#filepos1745)
  
  [Author’s Note](part0006.html#filepos782356)
  
  [About the Author](part0007.html#filepos782906)
  
  [Praise](part0008.html#filepos783550)
  
  [Other Books by Terry Pratchett](part0009.html#filepos790063)
  
  [Copyright](part0010.html#filepos794915)
  
  [About the Publisher](part0011.html#filepos796312)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Begin Reading](part0002.html#filepos794)
  
  The rumor spread through the city like wildfire (which had quite often spread
  through Ankh-Morpork since its citizens had learned the words “fire
  insurance”).
  
  The dwarfs can turn lead into gold…
  
  It buzzed through the fetid air of the Alchemists’ quarter, where they had
  been trying to do the same thing for centuries without success but were
  certain that they’d manage it by tomorrow, or next Tuesday at least, or the
  end of the month for definite.
  
  It caused speculation among the wizards at 