There was a tiny glimpse of the assassins in Pyramids and even smaller a glimpse here but its exciting to finally be seeing them! The Watch is kind of forgotten except for tolling bells in the night claiming all is well. The Thieve’s Guild and the Assassins Guild stand out the most, the former providing a receipt upon delivering services of course. Biggest city on the Disc with the biggest stink, with a City Watch to monitor its self regulated crime of the Guilds. There is also clear development at this stage of his writing with this being the longest book so far but definitely one of the most concise too.Īnkh Morpork. Its definitely a book you can tell he enjoyed writing and that this is a sharp turn for the series with both characters and plot. Everything about this captured my heart and made me happier with every word I read of it, Pratchett shines at his brightest here. Like I said, I’ve been leading up to this for a while. And presumably, somewhere, there’s a key…GUARDS! GUARDS! is the eighth Discworld novel – and after this, dragons will never be the same again! They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And although the space they occupy isn’t like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly.

They lie … not dead, not asleep, but … dormant. Bear in mind, my review might not do this justice. I will admit I have been gearing up to this one for some time and I was slightly intimidated since this is up there with Mort for many readers of Discworld. This book has so far been my favourite book of the month. Welcome back to the Disc! So I’ve not posted much this month outside of reviews of Terry Pratchett books but this is the joy I need in my life right now. The world would be a happier place if more people remembered that.” “Never build a dungeon you wouldn’t be happy to spend the night in yourself.

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