They're werewolves - and they're catching up. And if Vimes can't make it through the forest, with only his wits and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask), there's going to be a terrible war. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run.Īt some point during his ambassadorship, things went very wrong. But today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. It's not something you can just pick up on the job.Ī few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's lying, only for a better class of people. The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at over 75 million, and they have been translated into thirty-seven languages.'Precisely balanced. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature.

In all, he is the author of over fifty bestselling books. About the Author TERRY PRATCHETT is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. Its up to the dauntless Vimes-bothered as usual by a familiar cast of Discworld inhabitants (you know, trolls, dwarfs, werewolves, vampires, and such)-to solve the puzzle of the missing pachyderm. An attempted assassination and a theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald, where lard is found in underground seams along with tusks and teeth and other precious ivory artifacts. Of course, where cops (even those clad in tights) go, alas, crime follows. The one role he relishes the other requires, well, ruby tights. Now, hes been invited to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. So where is it? When duty calls, Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers-even if he doesnt want to.

But werent there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. Book Synopsis Everyone knows that the world is flat and supported on the backs of four elephants.

The fifth elephant by terry pratchett