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‘There’s a kind of magic in masks. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness . . .’
The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theatrics and a harmless masked Ghost who lurks behind the scenes. But now a set of mysterious backstage murders may just stop the show.
Agnes Nitt has left her rural home of Lancre in the hopes of launching a successful singing career in the big city. The only problem is, she doesn’t quite look the part. And there are two witches who would much rather she return home to join their coven.
Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have travelled to Ankh-Morpork to convince Agnes that life as a witch is much better than one on the stage. Only now they’re caught up in a murder mystery featuring masks and maniacal laughter.
And the show MUST go on . . .
‘A master storyteller’ A. S. Byatt
‘Funny, delightfully inventive, and refuses to lie down in its genre’ Observer
Maskerade is the fifth book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.
From the Publisher
Welcome to the Discworld
Magic is as integral to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld as gravity is to our own. And although some of its inhabitants are witches, dwarfs, wizards and even policemen, their stories are fundamentally about people being people.
The Discworld books can be read in any order, but this is a particularly good place to start.
‘If you’ve never read a Discworld novel, what’s the matter with you?’ Guardian
Discworld novels starring the Witches: Equal Rites Wyrd Sisters Witches Abroad Lords and Ladies Maskerade Carpe Jugulum
Meet the Witches
Discworld’s witches are based around the rural and mostly vertical kingdom of Lancre.
They deliver babies, treat warts and keep an eye on troublesome kings, vampires or incursions from other worlds, which they do not hold with.
They don’t have leaders, but Granny Weatherwax is the most highly regarded of the leaders they don’t have.
She is helped by Nanny Ogg – mother of fifteen and brewer of lethally strong cider.
Magrat Garlick, often described as a “wet hen”, is the third member of the coven.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not half so bad as a lot of ignorance. Meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe… Inheriting a fairy godmother role seemed like an easy job at the time… The fairies are back – but this time they don’t just want your teeth… This isn’t real life – it’s worse. This is the Opera House, Ankh-Morpork. Welcome to Lancre, where the newest residents are a thoroughly modern, sophisticated vampire family.
ASIN : B004DUMYH0
Publisher : Transworld Digital (27 May 2009)
Language : English
File size : 3544 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 321 pages
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