![]() Sam Vimes' life has changed a lot since he was a plain old copper in the Night Watch. Plus there's a chance to steer a novice watchman straight and teach him a valuable thing or three about policing-an impressionable young copper named Sam Vimes. ![]() Sam Vimes knows his duty, and by changing history he might just save some worthwhile necks-though it could cost him his own personal future. And on top of that-it's the eve of a fabled street rebellion that killed a few good (and not so good) men. Worse still, the murderer he's pursuing has been transported back with him. This Discworld is a dark place that Vimes remembers all too well-three decades before his title, fortune, beloved wife, and child on the way. The next, he's lying naked in the street, having been sent back thirty years, courtesy of a group of time-manipulating monks who won't leave well-enough alone. One moment Sir Sam Vimes is in his old-patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. Sir Sam Vimes gets knocked back in time thirty years in this rollicking adventure in Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld series - which has sold more than 23 million copies worldwide. he’s a lot more.” - Washington Post Book World ![]() ![]() Terry Pratchett may still be pegged as a comic novelist, but. " Night Watch turns out to be an unexpectedly moving novel about sacrifice and responsibility, its final scenes leaving one near tears. ![]()
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