Pratchett weaves together magic, psychology and medicine together into a completely believable self consistent world which touches on many other aspects of Disc. This book is a terrific read it stands well on its own and is better than any of the previous Witches novels. So I picked up this edition with slight trepidation. It’s not that they aren’t entertaining, I just never found them as compelling as others. However the part of the Pratchett cannon that I have never been that keen on are the “Witches” books. To say I’m a bit of a fan of Terry Pratchett is to understate my affection considerably. To me, each Tiffany Aching/Wee Free Men book has been better than the last, and this book is a briliant, insightful, exciting, beautiful book I'd recomend to anyone. I loved that you could appreciate this book even if it was your first discworld book ever, and I loved that there were so many characters and references to past discworld books that made it even better for long time fans. I loved seeing Carot and Anqua and Vimes (I always love seeing Vimes) and The Times and everything that makes the Discworld such a fully realized and amazingly created place. I loved that Tiffany visited Ahnk Morpork and fit so nicely into the larger Discworld. I loved that the story tackled such big issues. I loved that Tiffany has grown so believably from the first book through the fourth. If you enjoyed the other Tiffany Aching novels, i think you will thoroughly enjoy this one, too. Stephen Brigg's performance, as usual, is brilliant and fabulously entertaining, especially his performance of the Nac Mac Feegles. Pratchett skillfully navigates these issues in this YA book in such a manner that while the material itself may be considered as for a mature audience, the presentation is ideal for both YA and mature readers alike. This book delves into the meaner side of humanity, including family-directed violence.

The nearly 16-year-old Tiffany must navigate the superstitious hatred and violence that is targeting 'witches' in general and Tiffany in particular and stop the Clever Man who is generating it. In Pratchett's fourth book in the TIffany Aching series, he again produces an astutely clever and astounding narrative reflecting the basic natures of humanity, both the good and bad, the just and unjust, the altruistic and spiteful.

Every book Terry Pratchett writes is a treasure, and this book is no exception.

I shall wear midnight