{"product_id":"men-at-arms-1","title":"Men At Arms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second book in the \u003ci\u003eCity Watch\u003c\/i\u003e series, part of the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Funny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ewise\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003emock heroic\u003c\/b\u003e . . . the best-crafted book I have read all year'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Pratchett \u003cb\u003eat his best\u003c\/b\u003e’ 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''People ought to think for themselves ... The problem is, people only think for themselves if you tell them to.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes are a-changing in Ankh-Morpork''s Night Watch.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew recruits have been hired to reflect the city''s diversity, including Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), and Lance-constable Angua (a woman ... full moons aside).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat''s more, Captain Sam Vimes is getting married and retiring from the Watch. For good. Which is a shame, because no one knows the streets of Ankh-Morpork or its criminal underworld better than him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd someone armed and dangerous has been getting ideas about power and destiny and lost kings, committing a string of seemingly random murders across the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new recruits will need to learn fast ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMen At Arms\u003ci\u003e is the second book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series \u003cb\u003eone of the perennial joys of modern fiction''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Pratchett is \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of our greatest fantasists, \u003c\/b\u003eand beyond a doubt\u003cb\u003e the funniest'' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of those rare writers who\u003cb\u003e appeals to everyone\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of the most consistently funny writers \u003c\/b\u003earound’ Ben Aaronovitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eMasterful and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he \u003cb\u003eis a satirist of enormous talent\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eincredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The \u003cb\u003ebest humorous English author\u003c\/b\u003e since P.G. Wodehouse''\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Nothing short of \u003cb\u003emagical\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Consistently \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e, consistently \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e and consistently \u003cb\u003esurprising\u003c\/b\u003e in its twists and turns'' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘[Discworld is] \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable, fantastically inventive\u003c\/b\u003e, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…\u003cb\u003eThere''s never been anything quite like it\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318867599742,"sku":"NW9780552167536","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780552167536.jpg?v=1780416280","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/men-at-arms-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}