The Shepherd's Crown

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Brought to you by Penguin.Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before.The audiobook of The Shepherd's Crown is narrated by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones; Luther; This Way Up). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Steven Cree (Outlander; A Discovery of Witches) voices the Nac Mac Feegles. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.THE FINAL DISCWORLD NOVELDeep 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 Shepherd's Crown is the fifth book in the Tiffany Aching series, and the final book in the Discworld series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.©2015 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P) Penguin Audio 2023

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Terry Pratchett (Author), Paul Kidby (Author), Indira Varma (Narrator), Peter Serafinowicz (Narrator), Bill Nighy (Narrator), Steven Cree (Narrator), RHCP Digital (Publisher) & 4 more

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B09M8XBN1X

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Latest novel in the Discworld series of fantasy novels. Latest in the ones of those that feature young witch Tiffany Aching and are designed as young readers books. But ones that all ages can enjoy. Not an ideal jumping on point for new readers as it does work best with familarity with the characters and setting.Alas, fate means it's the last Discworld ever as well.You knew all that already, but just in case.It runs for three hundred and thirty three pages. It's divided into nineteen chapters. Plus a prologue and an epilogue.Tiffany continues in her role as a young witch. But things never stay the same for ever in life. Fate intercedes. And casts new responsibilities upon her. She now has a lot of new challenges to contend with.Meanwhile, elsewhere, an old enemy is gathering strength...Previous discworld novel 'Raising Steam' did have a theme about change and accepting it. And in many ways a similar theme runs through this. Early chapters are beautifully written and full of a sense of life and death, and things going on. Those who read this will be divided into two camps. Those who will hang on every word and just simply enjoy it. And those who will say it wasn't as good as his earlier works.Frankly, I was too absorbed in the writing to even notice any of the former. For the bulk of this, the main plot is just how Tiffany adapts to growing up and her new circumstances. And it's utterly absorbing reading as a result. So true to life in so many ways in how people react at times like this, and the characters, despite having traits that the writer had done many times before, just ring so true to life. In particular one rather interfering know it all busybody.The threat is always noticeable and stirring at the back of the narrative, but it's continuing nicely enough for the bulk of the time so that you don't need it to come to the fore. It's only in the final quarter when it starts to take centre stage that the plot isn't quite as interesting as what has gone before, but that's only a minor complaint.By the end, things have changed. Some of them and some people haven't lasted forever. But life is going on anyhow. And that's the whole point. Which is really rather beautifully put across.It's not a laugh out loud book, but it does produce many a soft and occasionally louder chuckle.Discworld novels are done. But this allows the place to live on in our imaginations afterwards. And there's a really nice illustration at the end to go with that.Plus a touching afterword from Terry Pratchett's assistant that is well worth a read.And a quick glossary also.It shouldn't have been the end. But it's a great one to go out on. And it's worth five stars.