When Charles Darwin writes the wrong book and reverses the progress of
science, Unseen University's wizards must once again save Roundworld
(Earth, that is) from an apocalyptic end.
Ever since a wizardly experiment inadvertently brought about the
creation of Roundworld, the wizard scholars of Unseen University have
done their best to put things on the right course. In Darwin's Watch
they may face their greatest challenge yet: A man called Darwin has
written a bestselling book called The Theology of the Species, and his
theory of scientific design has been witlessly embraced by Victorian
society. As a result, scientific progress has slowed to a crawl, and the
wizards must find a way to change history back to the way it should have
been.
DARWIN'S WATCH EXPLORES THE REVERBERATIONS of major scientific
advances on our planet and our culture, the dangers of obscurantism, and
the theory of evolution as you have never seen it before. This brilliant
addition to Pratchett's beloved Discworld series illustrates with great
wit and wisdom how the laws of our universe truly are stranger than
fiction.