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Discworld
The City Watch series is one of the major story lines that make up 8 of the Discworld books. It focuses on the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, formerly the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch, in particular the captain, and later commander of the Watch, Samuel Vimes, usually when he is being manipulated by Lord Vetinari. The books tend to be whodunit in nature and often feature conspiracies aimed at toppling regimes.

Discworld
Death is, as you'd expect, a tall hooded skeleton with a scythe who SPEAKS IN A VOICE LIKE THE SLAMMING OF COFFIN LIDS. However, he also likes a good curry, kittens, and finds the lives of mortals endlessly fascinating. Beginning with Mort, in which Death takes on an apprentice, the series explores what happens when an immortal anthropomorphic personification develops an unhealthy interest in humanity. His granddaughter Susan Sto Helit becomes the central character from Soul Music onwards, reluctantly stepping in whenever Death goes missing or takes on new responsibilities. The five books range from workplace comedy to meditations on belief, memory, and time - Hogfather tackles the power of myth, while Thief of Time deals with the nature of time itself.

Rincewind / The Wizards
1983
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.The Color of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins - with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.

Rincewind / The Wizards
1986
In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world....

The Witches
1987
In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late...