Rob Wilkins Book order (chronological)

One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. The next, he's lying naked in the street, having been sent back thirty years courtesy of a group of time-manipulating monks who won't leave well enough alone. This Discworld is a darker place that Vimes remembers too well, three decades before his title, fortune, beloved wife, and impending first child. Worse still, the murderer he's pursuing has been transported back also. Worst of all, it's the eve of a fabled street rebellion that needlessly destroyed more than a few good (and not so good) men. Sam Vimes knows his duty, and by changing history he might just save some worthwhile necks—though it could cost him his own personal future. Plus there's a chance to steer a novice watchman straight and teach him a valuable thing or three about policing, an impressionable young copper named Sam Vimes.

"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around." Terry Pratchett, the beloved creator of the Discworld series, was renowned for his bestselling books, sharp wit, and humanity in his advocacy work. However, there is more to his legacy. At the time of his death in 2015, he was crafting his most personal story yet—his own. This narrative follows a boy who, told by his headteacher at six that he would never succeed, dedicated his life to proving that wrong. He left school to pursue journalism, encountering the macabre and sparking ideas for his first novel before turning twenty. Celebrating his knighthood, he forged a sword, and when awarded the Carnegie Medal, he cheekily swapped it for a chocolate replica, devouring it in front of astonished librarians. Sadly, Terry ran out of time to finish the memoir he longed to write. In this authorized biography, his manager and friend Rob Wilkins, with insights from friends, family, and Terry's unpublished works, reveals the full story of an extraordinary life.

Through this candid look at his personal life, Stephen Arterburn, co-founder of New Life Clinics, shares how the world's promises seduced him, and how God's redemptive grace saved him from the emptiness and despair that marked his life.