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 Pratchetts 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:
'[ Pratchetts] 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 worldThere's never been anything quite like it Evening Standard
