Three witches - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick - have gathered on a lonely heath. A king has been cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. An infant heir and the crown of the kingdom, both missing . . .Witches don"t have these kind of dynastic problems themselves - in fact, they don"t have leaders.Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders the witches don"t have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe . . .