Series: City Watch

This is fantasy served with a twist of Monty Python, parody that works by never taking itself too seriously. — Publishers Weekly Murder! Mayhem! Bacon sandwiches! People are dying suspiciously in Ankh-Morpork, and Sam Vimes of the City Watch will find the truth. Another brilliant and hilarious Discworld adventure—a classic of humorous fantasy—from beloved New York Times bestselling author Terry...

"As traumatic as it is to only choose one Pratchett, this first entry in his Guards sub-series encompasses everything that is brilliant about his writing: terrific characterization and plotting, a completely believable world, and new details that come up with each re-reading... The story of dwarves, dragons and good police work remains fresh, sharp, and incredibly funny." -- Telegraph (UK)...

Pratchett's writing is a constant delight. No one mixes the fantastical and the mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of human endeavour. --Daily Mail Commander Sam Vimes, the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, and their compatriots must fight for their country (or something like that) when Discworld goes to war in this wickedly funny Discworld fantasy...

"Unadulterated fun."--San Francisco Chronicle The fate of Ankh-Morpork rests on the unlikely shoulders of newly promoted Corporal Carrot and his hapless charges in the City Watch in this wildly wacky Discworld novel from the legendary New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett. Corporal Carrot is now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork from barbarian tribes, miscellaneous marauders, unlicensed...

Night Watch turns out to be an unexpectedly moving novel about sacrifice and responsibility, its final scenes leaving one near tears. Terry Pratchett may still be pegged as a comic novelist, but he's a lot more. -- Washington Post Book World Getting knocked back in time thirty years, Sam Vimes, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, experiences a day like...

"A lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) In Terry Pratchett's delightful New York Times bestselling satirical fantasy, a tale of crime, class, prejudice, and punishment, Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on vacation. But this is Discworld, where nothing goes as planned—and hilarious adventure ensues. It is...

Pratchett cheerfully takes readers on an exuberant tale of mystery and invention. Along the way, he skewers everything from monarchy to fascism, as well as communism and capitalism, oil wealth and ethnic identities, Russian plays, immigration, condoms, and evangelical Christianity—in short, everything worth talking about. —Publishers Weekly Elephants, werewolves, and ruby tights (oh my!) collide in this clever Discworld tale...