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Guards! guards!

Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: New York : HarperTorch, [2001]
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Here there be dragons . . . and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fantastic fiction.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 0061020648 9780061020643
OCLC Number: 47806156
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz."--T.p. verso.
Description: 355 p. ; 18 cm.
Responsibility: Terry Pratchett.

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Here there be dragons . . . and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all . . .). Meanwhile, back at Unseen University, an ancient and long-forgotten volume -- The Summoning of Dragons -- is missing from the Library's shelves. To the rescue come Captain Vimes, Constable Carrot, and the rest of the Night Watch who, along with other brave citizens, risk everything, including a good roasting, to dethrone the flying monarch and restore order to Ankh-Morpork (before it's burned to a crisp). A rare tale, well done as only Terry Pratchett can.

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