Captain Sam Vimes’s existence within the City Watch undergoes an irreversible shift with the reappearance of someone from his forgotten history in Ankh-Morpork.

The Watch reveals a connection between Carcer’s malevolent scheme and unsettling events unfolding within a secluded school of magic.

Driven by desperation, the Watch resolved to pilfer the city’s most closely guarded sanctuary, their only hope of recovering the artifact.

Driven by an insatiable need for a particular sword, Carcer would pursue any path, regardless of the consequences. The Watch, however, remained a persistent shadow, closing in with each step he took.

The Watch must journey through the Unreal Estate to reach the sword, which lies submerged in a magical lake, and there destroy it.

The pursuit of the second mystical artifact by Carcer compels Cheery, Angua, and Carrot to journey into the Mines of Tak, where Cheery must face the shadows of her history. Meanwhile, Vimes and Sybil defend the besieged Watch House against …

The world swam into focus for Sam Vimes, but it was a world utterly unfamiliar. He awoke to the clang of metal and the shouts of men, the air thick with dust and the scent of sweat. He was a prisoner, it seemed, caught in the heart of a des…

Carcer possessed all the instruments necessary for subjugating the Noble Dragon and bringing about the ruin of Ankh-Morpork.