Have you ever been to Uberwald? Sir Samuel Vimes hadn’t been there either until recently—but he now has a diplomatic mission to Uberwald: to attend the coronation of a dwarf king as a representative of Ankh-Morpork, because now he is the Duke of Ankh. And how many wonderful acquaintances he will have: with vampires, werewolves, and traditional dwarfs. But there’s the problem—just before the coronation, the main dwarf holy relic needed for the ceremony disappears. And the Duke of Ankh—who also happens to be Captain of the City Watch, Sam Vimes—has nothing left to do but begin unraveling this tangle of secrets and intrigues.
“Because a watchman is always, everywhere, a watchman.”