Twists and turns lead us through hilarity after hilarity, introducing us to some of the most cleverly written characters the Discworld will ever produce. But in a city where mostly everything of worth is simply goldish, the pile is not as elegant as Smaug’s was. The Patrician is imprisoned, virgins selected for sacrifice, and everything of value goes into making a nice comfy bed for the dragon. This time the Night Watch, joined for the first time by Carrot Ironfoundersson, gets caught up in a city wide dilemma when a dragon is turned loose.

Nothing is the same when you step inside the world of Discworld, and you love Pratchett for it. The story is at once brilliant and ludicrous, borrowing heavily from traditional mythology and fantasy writings, and then turns them on their heads, spins them around, flips them inside out and mirrors them onto the page. I quickly found though, as I read on, that one of my favourite character veins was the Night Watch series of books, starting with Guards! Guards! Ever since dad made me read Mort I’ve read pretty much every book he’s written in the Discworld, and a few others. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series.It’s no secret that Terry Pratchett is probably one of my favourite authors. But this time, something is different – the Have-Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don’t fully understand, and they’re about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again.Ĭaptain Sam Vimes of the city’s ramshackle Night Watch is used to this.

Insurrection is in the air in the city of Ankh-Morpork.

‘It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis half of them were here to complain, a quarter of them were here to watch the other half, and the remainder were here to rob, importune or sell hotdogs to the rest.’ The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. Hilarious and highly recommended’ The Times

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