Memories of Ice
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The ravaged continent of Genabackis has given birth to a terrifying new empire: the Pannion Domin....
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The tale of the legendary golden flower is widely known. The story has been told many times and in...
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New York Times bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith returns with the follow-up to Abraham Lincoln:...
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The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #3)
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The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the...
Murder on Mulberry Bend
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Sarah Brandt, a midwife in turn-of-the-century New York City, has seen more than her share of joy...
The Familiars
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China Room
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Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, the breathtaking story of a woman and a man in pursuit of...
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David McK (3557 KP) rated Equal Rites: Discworld Novel 3 in Books
Oct 17, 2021
It's also somewhat obvious that Pratchett is still settling into his groove here; still finding his feet as an author, and still expanding upon the actual Discworld itself - there's little, here, in the way of the footnotes that some of the later entries have in abundance, while there are also aspects of Unseen University and of the races that live on the Disc that, shall we say, 'mutate' in those later entries - this is well before the time of, say, Mustrum Ridcully, with the UU itself and the wizards who inhabit it come across very different than they do later.
That, by the by, is not a knock - more of an observation.
The plot in this one involves Granny Weatherwaxes first student, Eskarina Smith, who - due t0 a mixup at birth - is destined to become the Discs first female Wizard - a profession previously only practiced by those of the male sex.
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In this trio of novellas, three game young ladies enter into dangerous liaisons that test each...
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