The Bromeliad Author:Terry Pratchett Note: this book has been inscribed by someone as a gift to someone else. Nomes are 4 inch high people who inhabit the corners of our world. Like most tiny creatures, they live at a faster pace than we large folk - 10 years is ancient for them. For as long as anyone can remember, nomes have been living comfortably in the recesses of the Store... more » - Arnolds Department Store. Then the young hunter Masklin and his small band arrive, thoroughly upsetting the status quo - speaking of the "Outside" and carrying a little black box which, they say, will guide them all home. When the devasting news arrives that the Store is to be demolished, the nomes turn to Mesklin to lead their escape. And an epic journey through the huge and perilous Outside begins.« less