Ethnic conflict, gender politics, and the niceties of diplomacy come under fire from fantasy satirist Terry Pratchett in this addition to the long-running Discworld series. Commander Sir Samuel Vimes of the City Watch of Ankh-Morpork and his wife Lady Sybil are sent as ambassadors to the remote, Balkanized region of Uberwald to witness the crowning of an important dwarf king. Of course, they are immediately caught up in a roiling political intrigue involving a stolen royal relic; power-grabbing, human-hunting werewolves; and the subtle machinations of a teetotaling lady vampire.
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