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"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 . . . hes a lot more. Washington Post Book World
Getting knocked back in time thirty years, Sam Vines, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch experiences a day like no other in which past, present, and future collide with hilariousand poignantresults in this rollicking Discworld adventure from Terry Pratchett.
One moment Commander of the City Watch Sam Vimes is chasing a murderer across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. The next, hes lying in the street below, nakedand back in his own tough past thanks to a lightning strike and a group of meddling, time-manipulating monks.
Its a dark Discworld that is all too familiar. Worse, the cop-killing psychopath hed been pursuing has been transported back with him, and its the eve of a deadly street rebellion that took a few good (and not so good) lives. Vimes is determined to do his duty track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion. By changing history he might just save some worthwhile necks, and steer a novice watchman straightan impressionable young copper named Sam Vimes.
But if he succeeds, Sam knows it could cost him the futureincluding the job and the family he loves.
ISBN: 9780385602648
Pages: 364
Hardcover with dustjacket
Doubleday, 2002
Edition: 01
Good condition; Jacket has some small creases/tears; Pages tanned
B04
