Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this. The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order. Only problem is, the Watch are more used to dealing with mobs than dragons.Īnd if they can't bring down this fire-breathing tyrant and reinstate their own, slightly less dangerous one, Ankh-Morpork might be lost. In the city of Ankh Morpork, most important city on the Discworld (in the opinion of the Morporkians, and what other opinion is worth considering) it is Hogswatch - a midwinter festival of celebration and gift-giving which might remind you of quite another holiday on another world entirely. It's up to Captain Sam Vimes and the ramshackle Night Watch to stop it. Again.Ī shadowy secret brotherhood has summoned a dragon to spread terror throughout the city, intent on overthrowing the Patrician and ruling in his place.

The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. THE NEAREST THEY CAN GET TO THE IDEA IS AN ENEMY WHO IS STILL ALIVE.' Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy ( Love Actually Pirates of the Caribbean Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz ( Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. The audiobook of Guards! Guards! is narrated by impressionist and actor Jon Culshaw, best known for BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers, and for the Doctor Who audiobooks and dramas. Set in the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork, where crime has been legalised, The Watch is a uniquely anarchic drama.

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