Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.

"Change is afoot in Ankh-Morpork -- Discworld's first steam engine has arrived, and once again Moist von Lipwig finds himself with a new and challenging job"--

"Someone is killing Lord Vetinari, Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. No one knows who, no one know why and, worst of all, no one knows how -- he just gets weaker and weaker. But it's not just Vetinari -- across the city, people are being murdered, but there's no trace of anything alive having been at the crime scene. Commander Vimes, Head of the City Watch, is a man who hates 'clues'. He and his team must question everyone -- the butcher, the baker, the...

Overview: The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins-with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.

As a first step in destroying humanity, evil men in Discworld try to undermine belief in Hogfather by abducting him. The plot is ruined by Death who takes Hogfather's place in his sleigh drawn by pigs. Part parody of Christmas, part meditation on the role of faith.

This is the Discworld's last continent, a completely separate creation. Who is this hero striding across the red desert? Champion sheep shearer, horse rider, road warrior, beer drinker, & bush ranger, whose luggage follows him on little legs, who's about to change history by preventing a swagman stealing a jumbuc by a billabong? Yes ... all this place has between itself & wind-blown doom is Rincewind, the inept wizard.

Rincewind, a cowardly wizard, is the only one who can save Discworld as it falls slowly toward a red star.