This is one of the more stand alone books in the Discworld series. Mind you, you can read almost all of them without having read the others, and in any order too. But in this case there is only one Discworld novel with these particular characters and it is this one.
It's not my favourite Discworld novel, but it's still brilliantly hilarious, as all Discworld novels are. In my opinion, and I'm not alone, Terry Pratchett is a genius. Truly.
This story is about a boy named Teppic who is the prince of a small country that is basically meant to parody ancient Egypt. He's sent off to the city to be educated by the guild of assassins (who apparently offer a wonderful curriculum), and graduates before having to return home a little early cause his dad is dead and so he's the new God of Djelibeybi. That's when his trouble begins.
See because Teppic has been educated he's not entirely sure he likes what he's supposed to be, i.e an aloof God who doesn't actually do anything important cause everything is run by the priests, who are obviously all completely bonkers and fanatical. The Gods they represent are even worse.
Anyway Teppic tries to change that and everything goes absolutely haywire, and it's the most absolute fun to read, so please do. In fact read everything by Terry Pratchett. That's the best advice I could give anyone really.
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