Fifth Elephant (eBook)

(Discworld Novel 24)

TERRY PRATCHETT (Autor)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
464 Seiten
Transworld (Verlag)
978-1-4070-3520-8 (ISBN)

Infos

They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime's work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's not something you can just pick up on the job.



A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run.



He has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization there's going to be a terrible war.



There are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves - and they're catching up.

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Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in the City Watch series, part of the Discworld novels.'Precisely balanced . . . a cracking comic thriller' The Times One of Sir Terry Pratchett s funniest fantasy novels! 5-star reader review'Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It's lying, only for a better class of people.'Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a long way from home.Sent as reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, a mysterious region inhabited by dwarfs, vampires and werewolves, Vimes must learn the art of diplomacy. Fast.But when he uncovers a mystery with ties back home, the policeman in him can't help but investigate. What could possibly go wrong?Well, quite a lot actually. Vimes finds himself on the run through the frozen forests of Uberwald, armed with only his wits and the trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). And if he doesn't make it, there's going to be a terrible war.But there are monsters on his trail. They're smart. They're fast. They're werewolves.And they're catching up . . .The Fifth Elephant is the fifth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.Praise for the Discworld series:'[Pratchett s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday Pratchett is a master storyteller Guardian'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone Daily Express One of the most consistently funny writers around Ben Aaronovitch Masterful and brilliant Fantasy & Science Fiction Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph Nothing short of magical Chicago Tribune'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX [Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world There's never been anything quite like it Evening Standard

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-4070-3520-7 / 1407035207
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4070-3520-8 / 9781407035208