Later that day, he receives news that the Watch are staking out Carcer at the Unseen University. Vimes arrives at Pseudopolis Yard in the morning to hear that another officer, Sergeant Abba Stronginthearm, has been killed by Carcer, a psychopathic murderer on the loose in Ankh-Morpork. The story begins on the anniversary of the Glorious Revolution. He knows how it's going to end after all, he was there. But if he doesn't try, he wouldn't be Sam Vimes.Īnd so the battle is on. He will do it even if victory will mean giving up the only future he knows.įor if he succeeds, he's got no wife, no child, no riches, no fame – all that will simply vanish. And rather than let them die, Sam will do anything – turn traitor, burn buildings, take over a revolt, anything – to snatch them from the jaws of history. Sam saw their names on old headstones just this morning – but tonight they're young men who think they have a future. Otherwise, a bloody revolution will start, and good men will die.

And you can't change history.īut Sam is going to. Because Sam Vimes knows what's going to happen. He must whip the cowardly, despised Night Watch into a crack fighting force – fast. He must find his younger self and teach him everything he knows. He must get a new name and a job, and there's only one job he's good at: cop in the Watch. This morning he thought longingly about the good old days.įlung back in time by a mysterious accident, Sam Vimes has to start all over again. This morning, Commander Vimes of the City Watch had it all. 4.2 The Past and the Present (Minor Characters).4.1 The Past and Present (Major Characters).

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