Men at Arms
core novel 1993 Discworld
Record
| First published | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.42 (116,631 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 387 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575055032 |
Synopsis
As Captain Samuel Vimes prepares to marry the wealthy Sybil Ramkin, the Ankh-Morpork City Watch takes on new recruits meant to diversify its ranks, including a dwarf named Cuddy, a troll named Detritus and a werewolf named Angua. Elsewhere, an embittered assassin named Edward d'Eath becomes fixated on restoring the city's abolished monarchy after learning that Watch recruit Carrot Ironfoundersson may be its rightful heir, and steals a unique experimental weapon, the only handheld firearm on the Disc, intending to use it to frame the Watch and destabilize the current government. When a string of guild murders begins, the ruling Patrician orders Vimes not to investigate, a command clearly meant to provoke exactly the opposite response.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: City Watch core; position 2 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series City Watch: position 2 of 8: previous Guards! Guards! (1989) · next Feet of Clay (1996)
Sources
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