Night Watch

<b>A definitive annotated edition of one of the greatest of Terry Pratchett’s multi-million-bestselling Discworld novels</b><p><b>'A master storyteller' A.S. Byatt</b></p><p><b>‘Both comic and dark, blending high fantasy, twisted storytelling and all manner of wordplay ... a fine place to start reading Pratchett’ <i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b></p><p>Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is in hot pursuit of a serial killer. The trouble is, a well-timed lightning strike has thrown both policeman and pursued into the city’s past. Now Vimes must relive the history that made him: a cruel regime, a bloody revolution, a corrupt police force, and, most unnerving of all, a keen young recruit named Sam Vimes… <i>Night Watch, </i>which draws on inspirations as far ranging as Victor Hugo and <i>M*A*S*H, </i>is a keen satire about the true nature of political power, and the sacrifices made in the name of the greater good; but also a profoundly empathetic novel about community, connection and the tenacity of the human spirit.</p><p>This edition of <i>Night Watch</i> – written at the height of Pratchett’s imaginative powers – includes a new foreword by Rob Wilkins and an introduction and annotations by Dr David Lloyd and Dr Darryl Jones, contextualising the novel and Pratchett’s far-reaching legacy for new readers and current fans alike.</p>