He is transported back in time, to when he was just starting out in the Night Watch, the most inept of the city watch. It is nowhere near as cheesy as it sounds. Just a warning.īasically, Vimes – who is a duke/very important person and has been for a couple of books now – is caught in a magical storm, whilst pursuing a criminal. If you have, but you've only read 'Guards Guards', or another of the earlier ones, you probably will get confused. If you haven't read any other books on the city watch, you'll probably be okay. It's about the city guards or more specifically, Sam Vimes, and how the city guards came to be what they are. 'Night Watch', my favourite book so far, combines both the darkness and the humor. They're written specifically for young people, but are actually a lot darker than many of the adult books, which are more comedic. These start with 'The Wee Free Men', and end with the already mentioned 'I Shall Wear Midnight'. The first book I read was 'Wintersmith', which is the third of four in a mini series, about a witch named Tiffany. It's not my favourite by a long way, however, and the books get much better.

I was so pleased when Esk turned up in 'I Shall Wear Midnight'.Īs a place to start in Discworld, I recommend 'The Colour of Magic', which is the first book Prachett wrote about Discworld. The crossovers are wonderful, I must say. These include wizards, witches, Death (my personal favourite), the city guard and the wonderfully named Moist Von Lipwig, among others. There's about five main groups of these, and most of the books – there are between thirty and forty – deals with one of them.

It's all set on a world shaped like a disc, surprisingly, where magic and gods are resolutely real, to the extent that they are the constant despair of many of the characters. You've probably heard of Discworld, which isn't so much a series as a collection. I admit it, the title only mentions one Discworld book, but this review is a recommendation for them all.

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