The Shepherd's Crown: A Novel of Discworld

New York Times Bestseller * Locus Award winner

Threatened with an insidious invasion from Fairyland, Tiffany Aching must bring together every witch—and the tiny-but-tough Wee Free Men—in the final Discworld novel by fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett.

“A writer of monumental talent.” —Rick Riordan

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 Discworld novels can be read in any order, but The Shepherd's Crown is the fifth book in the fabulous and funny Tiffany Aching series, which is comprised of:

• The Wee Free Men
• A Hat Full of Sky
• Wintersmith
• I Shall Wear Midnight
• The Shepherd’s Crown

Tiffany’s mentors, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, star in the novels Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, and Carpe Jugulum.

And don’t miss Terry Pratchett’s hilarious and wise Discworld novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents! 

“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)

“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

“Readers young and old will savor this tale that emphasizes the values of hard work and standing firm in the face of evil. An exceptionally crafted finale from one of the great.” - School Library Journal (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

“His fantasies sit alongside—and are the equals of—those of Rabelais, Voltaire, Swift, Kurt Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams....But whereas all these are neatly arranged on the bookshelves, my Pratchetts are strewn under the beds, in the bathrooms, the glove compartments. They have shopping lists, takeaway orders, and Scrabble scores scribbled on the fly leaves. They were part of life.” - Frank Cottrell Boyce

“Elegiac and comforting, funny and serious.” - Horn Book Magazine