Guards! Guards! is the 8th book in the Discworld series, as well as the start of the
Guards books. Many of the key
Ankh-Morpork City watchmen are introduced or fleshed out for the first time in this book, including the then
Captain Vimes (throughout most the series, however, he's known as
Commander Vimes).
It seems that a secret cult in
Ankh-Morpork is summoning
Dragons to whip the citizenry into putting their
patsy onto the long
vacant throne. This doesn’t sit will with the current ruler,
Lord Vetinari, the chief of the city watch,
Captain Vimes, or
Lady Sybil, the local keeper of
swamp dragons (smaller, extremely
fragile and
combustible versions of the
mythical ones). It also introduces
Carrot Ironfounderson, the world's only six foot
dwarf (he was adopted) who seems to have some strangely royal qualities....
Published by HarperTorch
Copyright 1989, Terry and Lyn Pratchett
ISBN: 0-06-102064-8