Guards! Guards! - (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published: London: Victor Gollancz, 1989.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Welcome to <em>Guards! Guards!</em>, the eighth book in Terry Pratchett's legendary Discworld series.</strong></p><p>Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of <em>draco nobilis</em> (noble dragon for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a <em>noble</em> dragon, after all...). How did it get there? How is the Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night involved? Can the Ankh-Morpork City Watch restore order - and the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork to power?</p><p>Magic, mayhem, and a marauding dragon...who could ask for anything more?</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Long believed extinct, a superb specimenof <em>draco nobilis</em> (noble dragon) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King.</p><p>Meanwhile, back at Unseen University, an ancient and long-forgotten volume--<em>The Summoning Dragons</em>--is missing from the Library's shelves. To the rescue come Captain Vimes, Constable Carrot, and the rest of the Night Watch who, along with other brave citizens, risk everything, including a good roasting, to dethrone the flying monarchand restore order to Ankh-Morpork(before it's burned to a crisp). </p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><P>TERRY PRATCHETT is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. His first Discworld novel for children, "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents," was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.
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