{"product_id":"guards-guards-discworld-city-watch-terry-pratchett","title":"Guards! Guards! (Discworld, City Watch) - Terry Pratchett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the first book in the \u003ci\u003eCity Watch\u003c\/i\u003e series, part of the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e novels.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuards! Guards!\u003ci\u003e is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Masterful and brilliant’ \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘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' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse'\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Nothing short of magical’ \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘[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’ \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67994419200036,"sku":"B9781804990674","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/2253\/5460\/files\/9781804990674.jpg?v=1793669989","url":"https:\/\/whimsyandwonder.co.nz\/products\/guards-guards-discworld-city-watch-terry-pratchett","provider":"Whimsy \u0026 Wonder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}