Terry Pratchett: Men At Arms, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Men At Arms
- Verlag:
- Transworld Publ. Ltd UK, 05/2023
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781804990698
- Artikelnummer:
- 11104765
- Umfang:
- 432 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 294 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 127 mm
- Stärke:
- 27 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 25.5.2023
- Serie:
- Discworld Novels - Band 15
- Hinweis
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Klappentext
Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the second book in the City Watch series, part of the Discworld novels.
'Funny , wise and mock heroic . . . the best-crafted book I have read all year' Sunday Express
'Pratchett at his best' 5-star reader review
'People ought to think for themselves ... The problem is, people only think for themselves if you tell them to.'
Times are a-changing in Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch.
New recruits have been hired to reflect the city's diversity, including Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), and Lance-constable Angua (a woman ... full moons aside).
What's more, Captain Sam Vimes is getting married and retiring from the Watch. For good. Which is a shame, because no one knows the streets of Ankh-Morpork or its criminal underworld better than him.
And someone armed and dangerous has been getting ideas about power and destiny and lost kings, committing a string of seemingly random murders across the city.
The new recruits will need to learn fast ...
Men At Armsis the second book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.
Praise for the Discworld series:
'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday
'Pratchett is a master storyteller ' Guardian
'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubtthe funniest' George R. R. Martin
'One of those rare writers whoappeals to everyone ' Daily Express
'One of the most consistently funny writersaround' Ben Aaronovitch
'Masterful and brilliant ' Fantasy & Science Fiction
'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times
'The best humorous English author since P. G. Wodehouse'The Sunday Telegraph
'Nothing short of magical ' Chicago Tribune
'Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX
'[Discworld is] 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 ' Evening Standard
Biografie
Sir Terry Pratchett, the author of over three dozen novels, is one of the worlds best-selling novelists writing in the English language. His books have sold more than 65 milllion copies worldwide. In addition to his phenomenaland hugely popularDiscworld series for adults, Terry is the beloved author several childrens books. He was awarded Britains highest honor for a childrens novel, the Carnegie Medal. In 2008, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature. Terry lives in England, where he writes all the time. The characters and setting of THE TIFFANY ACHING ADVENTURES are dear to the authors heart, reflecting (obliquely) much of his own childhood in Englands Chalk countrythe part of the country where he still lives today. Mr. Pratchett and his wife, Lyn, have one grown daughter and many cats. Anyone can find out more about Terry at Harpers own website: terrypratchettbooks.com. In 2008, Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers Disease.
