Guards! Guards!
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  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781804990674
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99
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Guards! Guards!

(Discworld Novel 8)

Formats & editions
Paperback
5 Sep 2023
Paperback
3 Dec 2012
EBook
1 May 2010
Audiobook
4 Jan 2007
Paperback
7 May 2019
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The eighth Discworld novel and first in the City Watch series - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans.

'NOBLE DRAGONS DON'T HAVE FRIENDS. THE NEAREST THEY CAN GET TO THE IDEA IS AN ENEMY WHO IS STILL ALIVE.'

The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.

A shadowy secret brotherhood has summoned a dragon to spread terror throughout the city, intent on overthrowing the Patrician and ruling in his place. Too bad the dragon has ideas of its own ...

It's up to Captain Sam Vimes and the ramshackle Night Watch to stop it. Only problem is, the Watch are more used to dealing with mobs than dragons.

And if they can't bring down this fire-breathing tyrant and reinstate their own, slightly less dangerous one, Ankh-Morpork might be lost. For ever...

'This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended' The Time

Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781804990674
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

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Also by Terry Pratchett

The Colour Of Magic
Good Omens
Sourcery
A Stroke of the Pen
The Light Fantastic
Wyrd Sisters
Equal Rites
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Praise for Guards! Guards!

'This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended'

The Times

'Pratchett is at the peak of his powers; it's hard to think of any humorist writing in Britain today who can match him... A masterful ear for dialogue, a keen eye for the ridiculous and a real feel for language'

Time Out

'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse'

Sunday Telegraph

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