Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the Witches series, part of the Discworld novels.

'A master storyteller' A. S. Byatt

'An excellent mystery whodunnit... Terry Pratchett at his very best - wonderful humour combined with a really good read' 5-star reader review

'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...
Maskerade is the fifth book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

Praise for the Discworld series:

'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday

'Pratchett is a master storyteller' Guardian

'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin

'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone' Daily Express

'One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch

'Masterful and brilliant' Fantasy & Science Fiction

'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent... incredibly funny... compulsively readable' The Times

'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph

'Nothing short of magical' Chicago Tribune

'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX

'[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it' Evening Standard

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• Publication Date: May 27, 2009
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• Print Length: 321 Pages
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