"The Shepherd's Crown," the last and final novel in Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy book Discworld series, released on Wednesday night, almost six months after the author died of Alzheimer's disease.
The book is the 41st installment in Pratchett's series, which has been described as "a collection of fantasy works that rejuvenated the clichés of the genre by infusing them with comedy and an angle of social commentary," according to Time.
"The Colour of Magic" was the first publication in the series and was released in 1983.
"It was a hard book to complete because Terry's health was declining in the last year," said Rob Wilkins, a friend of the author, according to BBC News. "But he was still enjoying the writing."
"He wasn't able to polish it quite as he would have liked and there were a few ideas that he would have loved to have followed up on and he never got the opportunity," Wilkins added.
Several bookstores across the U.K. held midnight launch parties to celebrate the book's launch.
