Guards! Guards! A Novel of Discworld

403 pp. 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...). How did it get there' How is the Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night involved' Can the Ankh-Morpork City Watch restore order – and the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork to power'