Capt. Sam Vimes' life in the City Watch is changed forever when a figure from his past returns to Ankh-Morpork.

The Watch connects Carcer's evil plan to strange goings-on at a magical institution.

The Watch must rob the city's most secretive institution in a desperate effort to find the artifact.

Carcer is willing to do anything to find a sword and the Watch is close on his tail.

The Watch must trek through the Unreal Estate to destroy the sword in a magical lake.

In the race against Carcer for the second mystical artifact, Cheery, Angua and Carrot venture into the Mines of Tak. Cheery must confront the darkness in her past. Vimes and Sybil defend the besieged Watch House from Doctor Cruces and her Assassins.

Carcer's got everything he needs to control the Noble Dragon and destroy Ankh-Morpork.