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Staff Pick
Touching and emotional, this posthumously released novel is a fitting send-off to Pratchett's beloved Discworld series. The whole Discworld is thrown out of balance following the loss of a powerful figure, and Tiffany Aching, a young witch, is left to hold everything together. Terry Pratchett tackles subjects like loss, grief, and change with his trademark humor and hope. Recommended By Carrie L., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
A shivering of worlds
Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.
This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.
As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.
There will be a reckoning. . . .
The final Discworld® novel
Review
“Terry was one of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest.” George R. R. Martin
Review
“There is something deeply suitable about the significant focus here on
legacy and what is left behind. Savor this one; it’s literally the last
authorized book coming.” Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
(starred review)
Review
“Fans will also find plenty of well-loved elements: exuberant wordplay,
vaudevillian humor, the rambunctious blue-skinned Nac Mac Feegle,
and-beneath it all-a susurrus of shivery archetype and myth. Pratchett’s
final work is a tour de force of compassion, great wit, and gleeful
storytelling.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Synopsis
Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel, and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching.
About the Author
Terry Pratchett is one of the world's most popular authors. His acclaimed novels are bestsellers in the United States and the United Kingdom, and have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide. In January 2009, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Pratchett a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his services to literature. Sir Terry lives in England.