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A DISCWORLD NOVEL - THE FIFTH ELEPHANT
BY
TERRY PRATCHETT
PUBLISHED IN 1999 BY DOUBLEDAY
ISBN 0385 409958 HARDBACK 317 PAGES
SAM VIMES IS A MAN ON THE RUN.
YESTERDAY HE WAS A DUKE, A CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE AMBASSADOR TO THE MYSTERIOUS, FAT-RICH COUNTRY OF UBERWALD.
NOW HE HAS NOTHING BUT HIS NATIVE WIT AND THE GLOOMY TROUSERS OF UNCLE VANYA. IT'S SNOWING. IT'S FREEZING. AND IF HE CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE FOREST TO CIVILISATION THERE'S GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE WAR.
BUT THERE ARE MONSTERS ON HIS TRAIL. THEY'RE FAST AND BRIGHT. THEY'RE WEREWOLVES - AND THEY'RE CATCHING UP. SAM IS OUT OF TIME, OUT OF LUCK AND OUT OF BREATH ...
THIS IS AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK AND HAS THE LIBRARY STAMP ON THE INSIDE PAGE. THE SPINE IS LEANING. IT IS WELL-THUMBED WITH STAINS INSIDE. IT IS INTACT AND READABLE BUT IN A POOR CONDITION ONLY |