Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who i
Equal Rites
โ Scribed by Terry Pratchett
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2012;2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Every world has its ruleseven a flat onecarried by four elephants riding on a giant turtle. That's why a dying wizard is searching for an eighth son of an eighth son to bestow his wizardly powers upon before meeting Deathin six minutes. Unfortunately it is quicklydiscoveredthough not quite quickly enoughthat the newborn babe the wizard anoints just before bidding the Discworld adieu is, in reality,a girl! What's done cannot be undonedespiteold Granny Weatherwax's attempts to bringthe child into the witchy foldand little Eskis now a wizard, through and through. And she's destined to bring chaos and confusion to the all-male faculty of Ankh-Morpork'sUnseen University . . . who are alreadyfairly addled to begin with.
Library : Fantasy
Universes : Discworld [03]
Formats : EPUB
Read : Read
ISBN : 9780552166614
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