Wintersmith
core novel 2006 Discworld
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (69,272 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 325 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385609845 |
Synopsis
Thirteen-year-old Tiffany Aching, now apprenticed to the ancient and blind witch Miss Treason, sneaks into a secret ritual dance meant to usher in winter and, in the confusion, ends up dancing the part meant for the Summer Lady. The mistake catches the attention of the Wintersmith, the elemental being who personifies winter itself, who becomes fascinated with Tiffany and begins courting her with increasingly strange and dangerous gifts, from unusual snowflakes to icebergs shaped like her face. As the Wintersmith's attentions intensify and threaten to trap the land in an unnaturally prolonged winter, Tiffany realizes she has unwittingly absorbed some of the Summer Lady's own powers, and must work out how to undo what happened at the dance, with the wary guidance of senior witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg and the help of her ever-loyal Nac Mac Feegle friends.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: Tiffany Aching core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Young Adult Book), 2007: won
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 3 of 5: previous A Hat Full of Sky (2004) · next I Shall Wear Midnight (2010)
Sources
- https://wiki.lspace.org/Bibliography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintersmith
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett
- sfadb -- Locus Awards Winners By Category
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