Unseen Academicals

Unseen Academicals

Bestselling author Terry Pratchett returns to the playing field with the 37th novel in his wildly popular Discworld series. In Unseen Academicals, he gives the term “fantasy league” an all-new meaning, as the wizards of Unseen University and favorite characters like Rincewind, Sam Vimes and Ponder Stibbons take to the astroturf for a bracing, manly game of “foot-the-ball.”

Due to a rider in an endowment to the University, this ungentlemanly sport, long unplayed on campus, must be reinstated, or the faculty will have to settle for a paltry three meals a day instead of the customary nine. Once the uproar dies, the wizards set out to form a team and schedule a game—not the rough and tumble sport of bullies, but a fast new football with rules—absolutely no magic!—uniforms, goalposts and a ball that goes gloing when you drop it.

The prospect of a Big Match draws together a street urchin with a talent for kicking cans; a maker of jolly good pies; a dim but beautiful young woman; and a self-effacing goblin who just wants to make his mark in the world—four lives that are entangled and changed forever.

Though magic may be banned from the game, there’s still something magical in the air.…

Hardcover: 400 pages

Publisher: HarperCollins ( October 06, 2009 )

Item #: 17-3209

ISBN: 9780061161074

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.0 inches

Product Weight: 15.0 ounces