Loved itBy the time I got through to about Fifth Elephant into Night Watch into here, I knew that this was going to be pushing some of my favorite fantasy series out of the way.
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The Fifth Elephant (1999)
Others: Leaning positive Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. So where is it?...When duty calls. Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers. Even when he doesn't want to. He's been "invited" to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. The one role he relishes; the other requires, well, ruby tights. Of course where cops (even those clad in tights) go, alas, crime follows. An attempted assassination and a theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald, where lard is found in underground seams along with tusks and teeth and other precious ivory artifacts. It's up to the dauntless Vimes -- bothered as usual by a familiar cast of Discworld inhabitants (you know, trolls, dwarfs, werewolves, vampires and such) -- to solve the puzzle of the missing pachyderm. Which of course he does. After all, solving mysteries is his job.
- ISBN:
- 9780062280138
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- 460 pages
Genres: fantasy
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Mixedfifth elephant I don't really remember well no I do remember fifth elephant it should have been four stars not five
MixedThis is where I started to think that Terry started to not get as good on the humor side of things. It's a City Watch book, but just not as funny. But still good.
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