Maskerade/ Discworld, Book 18 – Audiobook Online

Maskerade is the 18th book in the Discworld series by author Terry Pratchett.
There is a kind of magic in the mask. Masks hide one face, but they reveal another.

The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theater, and a harmless masked Ghost lurking behind the scenes. A series of behind-the-scenes murders could bring the show to a halt.

Agnes Nitt has left her rural hometown of Lancre in hopes of starting a successful singing career in the big city. She doesn’t quite fit. And there are two witches who want to return home to join their guild.

Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg went to Ankh-Morpork to convince Agnes that life as a witch was much better than life on stage. Only now have they been caught up in a masked murder mystery and frenzied laughter.

Maskerade is the fifth book in the Wizarding series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.

Agnes (Perdita) Nitt who we met a bit in Lords and Ladies has fled the Ramtops to escape the interest that Granny and Nanny are showing in her. She arrives in Ankh-Morpork and joins the Opera House and the other witches follow her on the pretext of a book that Nanny wrote.

This is an unusual book in that not a lot really happens in it. It resembles more a Watch book in that there are a series of injuries and murders at the Opera that Agnes and the others are trying to solve, coming at it from different directions. There is the subplot of Nanny’s book which honestly doesn’t add much to the story other than as a plot device but basically it is a murder mystery while playing off various opera and musical storylines.

Though it is the most low key of the Witches stories so far it is still entertaining. Agnes is a good addition to the main set of characters and we see ‘Perdita’ coming out a bit more. There’s not much change in Granny and Nanny but they are still good value. The main theme of this book appears to be appearances, which seems to be satirising the Hollywood need for everyone to be beautiful, irrespective of whether they have the talent or not. It is acknowledged but comes to the rather depressing conclusion that it is important. Honestly it is one of the most depressing endings of any Pratchett book I can remember.

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