The book has been noted for a much darker than usual tone, with fewer obvious jokes and a more serious story than previous installments. Now he has to stop Carcer, fill his mentor's role in his younger self's life, protect the citizens of Ankh-Morpork and his fellow Watchmen from the impending war, and Get Back to the Future. Vimes soon inadvertently steps into the shoes of his old mentor, John Keel, and quickly lands himself right in the middle of the Ankh-Morpork civil war. Vimes has him trapped on the University Library's roof, but then the lightning bolt from Thief of Time strikes, catapulting Vimes and Carcer thirty years back in time in a freak magical accident. The Watch is on the hunt for a serial killer named Carcer, who has murdered Sergeant Stronginthearm. The framing events take place at the same time (such as it is) as the previous novel Thief of Time and also set up events for the following novel Monstrous Regiment. The 27th Discworld novel and the sixth in the Watch theme.
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