Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)
By Terry Pratchett

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the first book in theand City Watchand series, part of theand Discworldand novels.'This isand one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended'and The Times Possibly theand funniest book ever written'and 5-star reader review'Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.'The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.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 ...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.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...Guards! Guards!and is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.Praise for theand Discworldand series:'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld seriesand one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'and Mail on Sunday Pratchett isand a master storyteller'and Guardian'One of our greatest fantasists,and and beyond a doubtand the funniest'and George R.R. Martin'One of those rare writers whoand appeals to everyone'and Daily Express One of the most consistently funny writersand around' Ben Aaronovitch Masterful and brilliant'and Fantasy andamp; Science Fiction Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… heand is a satirist of enormous talentand ...and incredibly funnyand ...and compulsively readable'and The Times Theand best humorous English authorand since P.G. Wodehouse'and The Sunday Telegraph Nothing short ofand magical'and Chicago Tribune'Consistentlyand funny, consistentlyand cleverand and consistentlyand surprisingand in its twists and turns'and SFX [Discworld is]and compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it'and Evening Standard