The Fifth Elephant
core novel 1999 Discworld
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.32 (81,714 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 370 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780552146166 |
Synopsis
Commander Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is sent to the remote region of Überwald as an ambassador for the coronation of the new Low King of the Dwarves, with an official brief to negotiate imports of dwarvish fat. While he is away, the Watch back home investigates the theft of a replica of the sacred Scone of Stone and the murder of an inventor, even as Vimes discovers that the genuine Scone has also been stolen in Überwald, part of a scheme by a faction of werewolves seeking to provoke civil war between traditionalist and reform-minded dwarves. First published in 1999, The Fifth Elephant belongs to the Discworld series.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: City Watch core; position 5 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 5 of 8: previous Jingo (1997) · next Night Watch (2002)
Sources
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