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David McK (3557 KP) rated Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2) in Books

Jan 28, 2019 (Updated May 22, 2020)  
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)
Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)
Terry Pratchett | 1993 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.5 (8 Ratings)
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Only the second book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series to feature the City guard (in a total of eight such books, and at least one short story), this takes place a year or so after he events of "Guards! Guards!", and is probably best described as a police procedural/whodunnit crossover.

This, to the best of my knowledge, is also the first book to feature Leonard of Quirm (albeit in a small role), and expands upon the characters first introduced in "Guards! Guards!" as well as upon the themes of racial (or speciesist) intolerence and bigotry. Like "Guards! Guards!", and unlike some of the later City Watch novels, Corporal Carrot once again takes a central role in the narrative: a position later filled by Vimes, with Carrot himself becoming more of a background figure.