Wyrd Sisters – Josh Kirby Paperback – Letterbox Edition

Something is badly wrong in the little kingdom of Lancre. The king is dead. His ambitious cousin has taken the crown. The infant heir has vanished. And the land itself seems to have noticed.

Enter the witches: Granny Weatherwax, who does not believe in covens and does believe in getting things done; Nanny Ogg, matriarch, midwife and owner of the most disreputable cat in the Ramtops; and Magrat Garlick, who still thinks witchcraft should involve crystals, cauldrons and a bit more ceremony than the other two will allow.

Witches do not do dynasties. They do not do leadership elections. They certainly do not do Shakespearean tragedy, except when a crown, a travelling company of actors and a ghost with unfinished business leave them no choice. Destiny, it turns out, is less a script and more a badly rehearsed play. Someone has to prompt. Someone has to hide the props. And someone has to decide whether a kingdom can be saved by headology, a well-timed spell, or a night at the theatre.

First published in 1988, Wyrd Sisters is Discworld novel 6 and the second book in the Witches sequence (after Equal Rites). It stands alone, but it is also the novel that locks Granny, Nanny and Magrat into one of the series’ great triple acts: satire of power, of performance, and of the stories people tell themselves about who should rule.

This new Letterbox paperback from Penguin restores the nostalgic UK cover treatment fans remember, crowded, colourful and unapologetically Kirby. Ideal for collectors completing a matching Letterbox run, for readers who want the classic art rather than later redesigns, and for anyone meeting the Lancre witches for the first time.

• Discworld novel 6
• Witches series book 2
• Publisher: Penguin
• Cover artist: Josh Kirby
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 368
• Size: approx. 198 mm × 128 mm × 22 mm