"Of all the cities in the world it could have flown into, it flew into mine. . "
Some
night-time prowler is turning the citizens of Ankh-Morpork, greatest
city of the fantasy Discworld*, into something resembling small charcoal
biscuits.
And that's a real problem for Captain Vimes of the
City Watch, who must tramp the mean streets of the city searching for a
seventy-foot-long fire-breathing dragon which, he believes, can help him
with their enquiries.
In a city thrown into turmoil by magic,
charcoal biscuits, secret societies and mad lady dragon breeders ("Just
tell him 'sit' if he'sothering you"), he's just looking for the facts.
*
Which is flat and rides through space on the back of four elephants who
stand on the shell of an enormous turtle, as every scholar knows.
Description:
Some night-time prowler is turning the citizens of Ankh-Morpork, greatest city of the fantasy Discworld*, into something resembling small charcoal biscuits.
And that's a real problem for Captain Vimes of the City Watch, who must tramp the mean streets of the city searching for a seventy-foot-long fire-breathing dragon which, he believes, can help him with their enquiries.
In a city thrown into turmoil by magic, charcoal biscuits, secret societies and mad lady dragon breeders ("Just tell him 'sit' if he'sothering you"), he's just looking for the facts.
* Which is flat and rides through space on the back of four elephants who stand on the shell of an enormous turtle, as every scholar knows.