![]() ![]() There are over 40 books in the Discworld series, of which four are written for children. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. ![]() His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. īorn Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. He knows how it's going to end after all, he was there. ![]() But if he doesn't try, he wouldn't be Sam Vimes.Īnd so the battle is on. He will do it even if victory will mean giving up the only future he knows.įor if he succeeds, he's got no wife, no child, no riches, no fame - all that will simply vanish. And rather than let them die, Sam will do anything - turn traitor, burn buildings, take over a revolt, anything - to snatch them from the jaws of history. Sam saw their names on old headstones just this morning - but tonight they're young men who think they have a future. Otherwise, a bloody revolution will start, and good men will die. Because Sam Vimes knows what's going to happen. He must whip the cowardly, despised Night Watch into a crack fighting force - fast. He must find his younger self and teach him everything he knows. He must get a new name and a job, and there's only one job he's good at: cop in the Watch. This morning he thought longingly about the good old days.įlung back in time by a mysterious accident, Sam Vimes has to start all over again. This morning, Commander Vimes of the City Watch had it all. ![]()
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