I Shall Wear Midnight
core novel 2010 Discworld
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.37 (61,880 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 349 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385611077 |
Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Tiffany Aching, now the only witch serving the Chalk, is caring for the elderly Baron when he dies, and rumor quickly turns into accusation that her herbal remedies were responsible for his death. Setting out for Ankh-Morpork to inform the Baron's son and heir, Roland, of his father's passing, Tiffany is stalked along the way by the Cunning Man, a malevolent spirit born from the hatred of a witch-hunter centuries dead, who feeds on suspicion and turns ordinary people against witches wherever he goes. As old prejudices resurface across the Chalk and beyond, fanned by the Cunning Man's influence, Tiffany must contend with her fraying standing in her own community, Roland's approaching marriage to the sheltered Letitia Keepsake, and the growing realization that she may be this ancient enemy's next target.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: Tiffany Aching core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Notes
- From the series record (Tiffany Aching): YA sequence; counts fully as Discworld novels.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Tiffany Aching: position 4 of 5: previous Wintersmith (2006) · next The Shepherd's Crown (2015)
Sources
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