Night Watch
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'The best Discworld book in the whole world ever. 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 . . .
'Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes.'
For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution.
For Commander Sam Vimes, it all feels horribly familiar. 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. Living in the past is hard, especially when your time travel companion is a serial killer who knows where you live. But he must survive, because he has a job to do: track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion.
The problem is: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future...
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Buch 29 der Scheibenwelt folgt Sir Samuel Mumm welcher auf der jagt nach einem schrecklichen Verbrecher 30 Jahre durch die Zeit fällt, um dort sich selbst und der Wache auf die Sprünge zu helfen damit irgendwann etwas aus ihnen werden kann (in der Zukunft). Im Großen und Ganzen versucht Mumm zwar den Mörder daran zu hindern alles gegen die Wand zu fahren, aber tief in seinem Inneren, möchte er sicherstellen das sein jüngeres Ich mal er wird und sein aktuelles Ich wieder nach Hause zu Sybille kommt, welche kurz davor ist seinen Sohn auf die Welt zu bringen. Ein durchaus düsteres Buch im Vergleich zu anderen, aber wie gewohnt unterhaltsam und sehr, sehr spannend. Es war faszinierend bekannte Charaktere in jung zu erleben und zu beobachten wie zur Hölle Mumm wohl alles wieder richten kann.
Commander Samuel Vimes of the capitol city's City Watch, is in hot pursuit of an arch criminal threatening Vimes' home and wife, who is in labor with his first-born child. As they grapple for control of a deadly crossbow in a thunderstorm on the roof of the Unseen University, home of Discworld's Wizards and source of poorly controlled magic at times, a lightning bolt catapults them 30 years back in time. There, Sam finds himself in the body of a legendary hero, Sergeant At Arms of the Night Watch John Keel. An alarming discovery, for Vimes knows full well that Sergeant Keel lies in a hero's grave, the result of brave action in the bloody 25th of May Rebellion. The date is the dawn of that fateful day and Sam realizes, once he assesses his situation, that he has not only unwillingly become a part of his own history but, when he looks around the watch room, he sees Young Lance Corporal Sam Vimes, a raw recruit of a few weeks. He will have the opportunity to mentor him and what a disappointing prospect Young Sam seems to be. Night Watch delves deeper into the philosophy of war and leadership than most of the Discworld books. It also offers more action than any others in the collection. For the initiated, you will discover how Reg Shoe becomes a zombie, you will meet Lord Vetinari as a young and promising student of the Assassin's Guild and discover how Knobby Knobs becomes a faithful follower of Commander Vimes in later years.
Description
'The best Discworld book in the whole world ever. 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 . . .
'Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes.'
For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a city on the brink of bloody revolution.
For Commander Sam Vimes, it all feels horribly familiar. 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. Living in the past is hard, especially when your time travel companion is a serial killer who knows where you live. But he must survive, because he has a job to do: track down the murderer and change the outcome of the rebellion.
The problem is: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future...
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Buch 29 der Scheibenwelt folgt Sir Samuel Mumm welcher auf der jagt nach einem schrecklichen Verbrecher 30 Jahre durch die Zeit fällt, um dort sich selbst und der Wache auf die Sprünge zu helfen damit irgendwann etwas aus ihnen werden kann (in der Zukunft). Im Großen und Ganzen versucht Mumm zwar den Mörder daran zu hindern alles gegen die Wand zu fahren, aber tief in seinem Inneren, möchte er sicherstellen das sein jüngeres Ich mal er wird und sein aktuelles Ich wieder nach Hause zu Sybille kommt, welche kurz davor ist seinen Sohn auf die Welt zu bringen. Ein durchaus düsteres Buch im Vergleich zu anderen, aber wie gewohnt unterhaltsam und sehr, sehr spannend. Es war faszinierend bekannte Charaktere in jung zu erleben und zu beobachten wie zur Hölle Mumm wohl alles wieder richten kann.
Commander Samuel Vimes of the capitol city's City Watch, is in hot pursuit of an arch criminal threatening Vimes' home and wife, who is in labor with his first-born child. As they grapple for control of a deadly crossbow in a thunderstorm on the roof of the Unseen University, home of Discworld's Wizards and source of poorly controlled magic at times, a lightning bolt catapults them 30 years back in time. There, Sam finds himself in the body of a legendary hero, Sergeant At Arms of the Night Watch John Keel. An alarming discovery, for Vimes knows full well that Sergeant Keel lies in a hero's grave, the result of brave action in the bloody 25th of May Rebellion. The date is the dawn of that fateful day and Sam realizes, once he assesses his situation, that he has not only unwillingly become a part of his own history but, when he looks around the watch room, he sees Young Lance Corporal Sam Vimes, a raw recruit of a few weeks. He will have the opportunity to mentor him and what a disappointing prospect Young Sam seems to be. Night Watch delves deeper into the philosophy of war and leadership than most of the Discworld books. It also offers more action than any others in the collection. For the initiated, you will discover how Reg Shoe becomes a zombie, you will meet Lord Vetinari as a young and promising student of the Assassin's Guild and discover how Knobby Knobs becomes a faithful follower of Commander Vimes in later years.