Vimes seizes the gonne from Cruces and finds himself tempted to use the weapon, but Carrot stops him and disables it. Vimes and Carrot then confront Cruces, who reveals to Carrot that he is the rightful ruler of the city. The Night Watch intervene to stop Cruces from killing Vetinari, but Cuddy and Angua are both killed in the struggle. Cruces, the head of the Assassins' Guild, Cruces kills him and decides to carry out the plan himself. The gonne appears to have a demonic power that tempts people into using it. He committed the murders with the ' gonne', the Disc's first and only hand-held firearm, a dangerous invention of Leonard of Quirm that d'Eath stole from the Assassins' Guild. After researching the city's history and discovering that Carrot is the rightful heir of the throne of Ankh Morpork, he developed an obsessive desire to overthrow Vetinari and restore the monarchy.

The murders have been committed by a young assassin called Edward d'Eath. Vetinari bans Vimes from investigating the murders in a successful attempt to provoke him into doing so. There has recently been a string of mysterious murders in the city that appear to be connected. Angua becomes involved in a romantic relationship with Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson, but he does not react well to discovering that she is a werewolf. It'd help if it could all be sorted out by noon, because that's when Captain Vimes is officially retiring, handing in his badge and getting married.Īnd since this is Ankh-Morpork, noon promises to be not just high, but stinking.Ĭaptain Samuel Vimes is forced by Lord Vetinari to take on a group of new recruits for the purposes of ensuring diversity - a dwarf called Cuddy, a werewolf called Angua and a troll called Detritus. Because there's evil in the air and murder afoot and something very nasty in the streets. most of the time) and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving).Īnd they need all the help they can get.

'Be a MAN in the City Watch! The City watch needs MEN!'īut what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman.

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