Men at Arms by Terry PratchettMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The rebirth of the night watch continues as the Patrician mandates that minority recruits are added to the city watch and there is no way they are going on the day shift so we are introduced to Cuddy (Dwarf), Angua (Female) and Detritus (Troll). Vimes who is due to retire is well out of it but after some unusual thefts, murders and explosions he is well motivated to figure why people are not telling the truth, it doesn't hurt that he constantly being told to not investigate but this is Vimes after all.
Men At Arms is one of my favourite Discworld novels and is well placed within the "City Watch" sub series of the novels. We have a mystery which combines good old human frailties and something new to the Discworld, not a new concept but Terry knows how to write these stories with humour and insights into our own world. The expansion of the Watch is very well done, love all three of the new characters and sets the stage for the inclusion of so many other citizens of the Discworld to add their talents to serving the city.
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