Discworld lives on in Unseen Academicals, the latest novel from Terry Pratchett. Delivering the trademark insight and humor readers the world over have come to expect from "the purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse", Unseen Academicals focuses on the wizards at Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University, who are renowned for many things—sagacity, magic, and their love of teatime—as they attempt to conquer athletics.

The wizards are faced with the challenge of forming a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff, and they must win a football match without using magic. Meanwhile, Trev, a handsome street urchin and a right good kicker, falls for the kitchen maid Juliet, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there ever was. Juliet's best pal, UU night cook Glenda, befriends the mysterious Mr. Nutt, about whom no one knows very much, including Mr. Nutt himself.

As the big match approaches, these four lives become entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about football—the most important thing about football—is that it is never just about football.