And the end of the world, depending on who you listen to. If he doesn't make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand. Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact - the very embodiment of magic itself - halfway across the Disc to safety. Unfortunately for everyone, it's Rincewind. As the sourcerer takes over the University and sets his sights on the rest of the world, only one wizard manages to escape his influence. You'd think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for. Unseen University, the Discworld's most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. They always get it wrong.' An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. it isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. 'It's vital to remember who you really are. The problem is: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future. But he must survive, because he has a job to do: track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion. Living in the past is hard, especially when your time travel companion is a serial killer who knows where you live. Caught on the roof of a very magical building during a storm, he's found himself back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck. For Commander Sam Vimes, it all feels horribly familiar. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution. People die, and nothing changes.' For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer loose in your city. Until next time.' SFX The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. Sixth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch 'The best Discworld book in the whole world ever.
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