Oh, Ankh-Morpork, the great city of contrasts! What are you doing with your faithful sons? Moist von Lipwig is deep in grim thoughts. On the one hand, a decent life of an honest person—(oh, horror!)—who pays taxes properly leads to a certain long life. On the other hand, such a life is as dull as biting your own teeth, especially in light of a new proposal from Patrician Vitingari—to reform the city’s banking system. Still, Moist remembers too well that the life of a respectable swindler isn’t just fun and carefree—it’s also tragically short. Choosing the path of a pious citizen, the chief postmaster still doesn’t know that he’s about to become the owner of a charming Shalopai—a cute little dog that holds a majority stake in shares of the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork. First time in Russian!