Equal Rites: (Discworld Novel 3)

Terry Pratchett

Nov 2009 · Random House

About this ebook

'They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.'

Everybody knows there's no such thing as a female wizard. So when the wizard Drum Billet accidentally passes on his staff of power to an eighth daughter of an eighth son, a girl called Eskarina (Esk, for short), the misogynistic world of wizardry wants nothing to do with her.

Thankfully Granny Weatherwax, the Discworld's most famous witch, has plenty of experience ignoring the status quo. With Granny's help, Esk sneaks her way into the magical Unseen University and befriends apprentice wizard Simon.

But power is unpredictable, and these bright young students soon find themselves in a whole new dimension of trouble. Let the battle of the sexes begin . . .

'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian

'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The Times

Equal Rites is the first book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

Ratings and reviews

The book is awesome but unfortunately even though I've paid for it n downloaded it about halfway through it just stops. The app keeps saying having trouble though no problem with the Internet connection and I can see the page displayed but app closes every time I try and read it! Cheers only option for a while has been to buy and read online and the app crashes because I can only guess I haven't made a purchase for a while and get bargains supposedly when I do!

Since having misplaced my copy I've finally been able to read Equal Rites again and I'm very glad to see its just as magical and fun to read as I remember.

I love the witches. I'm lucky enough that my partner got me a first edition of Terry pratchett's last book. A great loss.

About the author

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

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