6/22/2023 0 Comments Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett![]() ![]() “Nobby” Nobbs and most importantly, the honest, likeable, charismatic country boy (raised by dwarves), Carrot Ironfoundersson, who stands seven feet tall, has the strength of a troll, and is described as wearing whatever room he walks into (that is, everything and everyone sort of fades into the background).Īt the bottom of everything is the barely-concealed fact that Carrot is destined to be the King of Ankh-Morpork (it’s been centuries since the city has had a king at all), but Carrot has no desire to be king. Fred Colon the sticky-fingered, untrustworthy Cpl. ![]() But above all that includes Vimes’ men: the fat, lazy coward Sgt. NOT to solve the crimes.Įveryone gets involved–the wizards, alchemists, beggars, assassins, and fools trolls, dwarves, and the undead the Patrician (Lord Vetinari), Cut-me-own-Throat Dibbler, and Gaspode the talking dog. Meanwhile, Ankh-Morpork has its first serial killer ever, and the only thing worse than the pressure to solve the crimes is the pressure on Vimes & co. He is getting ready to marry the richest woman in town and retiring from the force. It again features the Night Watch, headed by the chronically depressed, often inebriated and slightly cynical, yet honorable, Captain Samuel Vimes. ![]() Here is the fifteenth Discworld novel, which after quite a stretch in the boon-docks finally takes us back to the grand old town of Ankh-Morpork. ![]()
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