The humor of the never-changing Feegles, still exclaiming absurd rallying cries, drinking far too much, and ready to battle tree or foe, lightens what is a fairly dark novel: no one emerges unscathed from such upheaval. Trouble is brewing as changes in the witch hierarchy shake things up, changes in the elf hierarchy result in a rapacious new leader who will exploit anything to gain power, and changes in Discworld suggest a leap into a new, iron-focused era. This book takes a fifth look at the characters of Discworld that surround young witch Tiffany Aching (from The Wee Free Men, BCCB 7/08, etc.), the Nac Mac Feegles, who are perpetual havoc, and the people who rely on Tiffany and the other witches. That said, astute readers will spot those places that are rougher or less detailed than usual, and this is a rare, albeit tragic, look into this author’s process. A careful, thoughtful afterword makes clear how much of this final Tiffany Aching title was complete before Pratchett’s death, indicating that it was nearly finished and that the thinner sections have been left as is, alleviating most concerns that it wasn’t something he wanted shared with the world.
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