The Shepherd's Crown
core novel 2015 Discworld
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.38 (35,267 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 336 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780857534811 |
Synopsis
Following the sudden death of Granny Weatherwax, the most formidable witch on the Chalk and in Lancre, Tiffany Aching inherits her steading and responsibilities and becomes the de facto leader of the region's witches, even as she still struggles to manage her own duties at home. Among those drawn into her orbit is Geoffrey Swivel, an unconventional, pacifist young man determined to become a witch himself despite the tradition being reserved for women. When Granny Weatherwax's death weakens the barrier separating the human world from the realm of the elves, the elf Peaseblossom seizes the opportunity to depose the injured former Elf Queen, Nightshade, who flees for safety among the humans, and begins plotting to lead an elvish invasion into the human world.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: Tiffany Aching core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Young Adult Book), 2016: won
Notes
- Published posthumously, August 2015.
- 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 5 of 5: previous I Shall Wear Midnight (2010)
Sources
- https://wiki.lspace.org/Bibliography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shepherd%27s_Crown
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett
- sfadb -- Locus Awards Winners By Category
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