Terry Pratchett Guards (Discworld Novel 8) 2023 Transworld Publishers Limited 2023

Synopsis

<b>Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the first book in the <i>City Watch</i> series, part of the <i>Discworld</i> novels.</b><br> <br> 'This is <b>one of Pratchett's best books</b>. Hilarious and highly recommended' <i>The Times</i><br> <br> 'Possibly the <b>funniest book ever written'</b> 5-star reader review<br> <br> <i>'Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.'</i><br> <br> <b>The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.</b><br> <br> A shadowy secret brotherhood has summoned a dragon to spread terror throughout the city, intent on overthrowing the Patrician and ruling in his place. Too bad the dragon has ideas of its own ...<br> <br> It's up to Captain Sam Vimes and the ramshackle Night Watch to stop it. Only problem is, the Watch are more used to dealing with mobs than dragons.<br> <br> <b>And if they can't bring down this fire-breathing tyrant and reinstate their own, slightly less dangerous one, Ankh-Morpork might be lost. For ever...</b><br> <br> Guards! Guards! <i>is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.</i><br> <br> Praise for the <i>Discworld</i> series-<br> <br> ' Pratchett's spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series <b>one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'</b> <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br> <br> 'Pratchett is <b>a master storyteller</b>' <i>Guardian</i><br> <br> <b>'One of our greatest fantasists,</b> and beyond a doubt <b>the funniest'</b> George R.R. Martin<br> <br> 'One of those rare writers who <b>appeals to everyone</b>' <i>Daily Express</i><br> <br> <b>'One of the most consistently funny writers</b> around' Ben Aaronovitch<br> <br> '<b>Masterful and brilliant</b>' <i>Fantasy & Science Fiction</i><br> <br> 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he <b>is a satirist of enormous talent</b> ... <b>incredibly funny</b> ... <b>compulsively readable'</b> <i>The Times</i><br> <br> 'The <b>best humorous English author</b> since P.G. Wodehouse' <i>The Sunday Telegraph</i><br> <br> 'Nothing short of <b>magical</b>' <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br> <br> 'Consistently <b>funny</b>, consistently <b>clever</b> and consistently <b>surprising</b> in its twists and turns' <i>SFX</i><br> <br> ' Discworld is <b>compulsively readable, fantastically inventive</b>, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...<b>There's never been anything quite like it</b>' <i>Evening Standard</i>