From the Publisher
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)
“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)
“Terry was one of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest.” — George R. R. Martin
“A Terry Pratchett book is a small miracle.” — Neil Gaiman
“Discworld is one of the very most fabulous creations in all of literature.” — Patrick Ness
“No writer in my lifetime has given me as much pleasure and happiness.” — A. S. Byatt
“A writer of monumental talent.” — Rick Riordan
“Beloved fantasy writer Pratchett died this spring, and his dedicated and immense fan base will want his final novel. His storytelling is pure magic, and fans will grieve anew that this is the last of it. Stock up.” — Booklist
“Elegiac and comforting, funny and serious.” — Horn Book Magazine
Neil Gaiman
A Terry Pratchett book is a small miracle.
Horn Book Magazine
Elegiac and comforting, funny and serious.
George R. R. Martin
Terry was one of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest.
Rick Riordan
A writer of monumental talent.
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred 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.
Patrick Ness
Discworld is one of the very most fabulous creations in all of literature.
Booklist
Beloved fantasy writer Pratchett died this spring, and his dedicated and immense fan base will want his final novel. His storytelling is pure magic, and fans will grieve anew that this is the last of it. Stock up.
A. S. Byatt
No writer in my lifetime has given me as much pleasure and happiness.
Booklist
Beloved fantasy writer Pratchett died this spring, and his dedicated and immense fan base will want his final novel. His storytelling is pure magic, and fans will grieve anew that this is the last of it. Stock up.
Kirkus Reviews
2015-09-01
"Cry ‘Crivens!' and let loose the clan Mac Feegle!" The tiny, blue-skinned, kilt-and-not-much-else-wearing warriors will be needed, as the barrier between Discworld and Fairyland has grown thin, and the fairy folk are itching to break through again. As ever, young witch Tiffany Aching is ready to square her shoulders and do what needs to be done—she is a witch, after all, and that's what witches do—but even the young woman who banished the Queen of the Elves, faced down the hiver, survived a dance with the Wintersmith, and vanquished the Cunning Man will need help. In addition to Rob Anybody and his swarm of hard-drinking, brawling relatives, Tiffany has the support of the witches—even Mrs. Earwig and Queen Magrat—and a character new to Pratchett's universe: Geoffrey, a boy who "weaves calm" and musters an army of old men who stubbornly resist obsolescence. If Pratchett explored the double-edged sword of memory in I Shall Wear Midnight (2010), here he explores the complicated notion of legacy, as Tiffany must assume her full responsibilities as a mature witch and begin to cultivate apprentices of her own. If some subplots are not as fully integrated into the story as one might wish and there are some bumpy transitions, who cares? This is the late Pratchett's last book; even not-quite-perfect Pratchett is something to treasure and can proudly take its place in one heck of a literary legacy. (Fantasy. 12 & up)
