_Whatβs so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real workβs already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the stone in the first place.β_ Fate is a word that springs to the lips when to call something coincidence seems mealy mouthe
Men at Arms
β Scribed by Pratchett, Terry
- Book ID
- 110458055
- Publisher
- Harper Collins, Inc.
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 891 KB
- Series
- Discworld 15
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780061804717
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"Be a MAN in the City Watch! The City watch needs MEN!"
But what it's "got" includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf),Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus(a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman ... most of the time)and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving).
And they need all the help they can get. Because there's evil inthe air and murder afoot and something very nasty in the streets.
It'd help if it could all be sorted out by noon, because that's when Captain Vimes is officially retiring, handing in his badge and getting married.
And since this is Ankh-Morpork, noon promises to be not just high, but stinking.
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Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdi
SUMMARY: A Young Dwarf's Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted!He's now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork, Discworld's greatest city, from Barbarian Tribes, Miscellaneous Marauders, unlicensed Thieves, and such. It's a big job, particularly for an adopted dwarf. But an even bigge