Feet of Clay: : from the Bestselling Series That Inspired BBC's the Watch

Third Book Of The Original And Best City Watch Series, Now Reinterpreted In Bbc's The Watch 'the Work Of A Prolific Humorist At His Best' Observer 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 . . . ____________________ 'sorry?' Said Carrot. If It's Just A Thing, How Can It Commit Murder? A Sword Is A Thing' - He Drew His Own Sword; It Made An Almost Silken Sound - 'and Of Course You Can't Blame A Sword If Someone Thrust It At You, Sir.' For Commander Vimes, Head Of Ankh-morpork City Watch, Life Consists Of Troubling Times, Linked Together By...well, More Troubling Times. Right Now, It's The Latter. There's A Werewolf With Pre-lunar Tension In The City, And A Dwarf With Attitude And A Golem Who's Begun To Think For Itself, But That's Just Ordinary Trouble. The Real Problem Is More Puzzling - People Are Being Murdered, But There's No Trace Of Anything Alive Having Been At The Crime Scene. So Vimes Not Only Has To Find Out Whodunit, But Howdunit Too. He's Not Even Sure What They Dun. But Soon As He Knows What The Questions Are, He's Going To Want Some Answers. 'IT WASN'T BY ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU GOT AT THE TRUTH, HOWEVER IMPROBABLE; IT WAS BY THE MUCH HARDER PROCESS OF ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITIES.' Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is used to trouble. There's always trouble in Ankh-Morpork. But this is new: people are being brutally murdered and there's no evidence of anything alive having been at the crime scene. At the same time, the most powerful man in the city has been poisoned and is clinging on to life by a thread. It's a conundrum of a case. With the help of Captain Carrot, the only watchman who knows the law inside-out; Corporal Cheery Littlebottom, an unconventional dwarf with an eye for forensics; and Constable Angua, a werewolf with an excellent sense of smell, Vimes tries to solve the mystery. But time is of the essence, for something extremely dangerous is loose in the city, its red eyes glowing in the night ... 'Fantastical, inventive . . . laughter waiting to be uncovered on each page' Observer Feet Of Clay is the third book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit murder? A sword is a thing - he drew his own sword; it made an almost silken sound - and of course you can't blame a sword if someone thrust it at you, sir. For members of the City Watch, life consists of troubling times, linked together by periods of torpid inactivity. For Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, life consists of troubling times, linked together by, well, more troubling times. Right now, it's the latter. There's a werewolf with pre-lunar tension in the city, and a dwarf with attitude and a golem who's begun to think for itself, but that's just ordinary trouble. THERE'S A WEREWOLF WITH PRE-LUNAR TENSION IN ANKH-MORPORK. AND A DWARF WITH ATTITUDE AND A GOLEM WHO'S BEGUN TO THINK FOR ITSELF.But for Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, that's only the start...There's treason in the air.A crime has happened.He's not only got to find out whodunit, but howdunit too. For members of the City Watch, life consists of troubling times, linked together by periods of torpid inactivity. Now is one such troubling time. People are being murdered, but there's no trace of anything alive having been at the crime scene. -- back cover Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, and the rest of the Night Watch as they attempt to unravel the mystery of who poisoned Lord Vetinari the Patrician. It was a warm spring night when a fist knocked at the door so hard that the hinges bent.