# Night Watch

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- Authors: [Terry Pratchett](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-pratchett)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-01-04
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy

## Description

Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is in hot pursuit of a serial killer. The trouble is, a well-timed lightning strike has thrown both policeman and pursued into the city’s past. Now Vimes must relive the history that made him: a cruel regime, a bloody revolution, a corrupt police force, and, most unnerving of all, a keen young recruit named Sam Vimes… Night Watch, which draws on inspirations as far ranging as Victor Hugo and M*A*S*H, is a keen satire about the true nature of political power, and the sacrifices made in the name of the greater good; but also a profoundly empathetic novel about community, connection and the tenacity of the human spirit. Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels are among the most successful and influential fantasy titles of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This edition of Night Watch – written at the height of Pratchett’s imaginative powers – includes a new foreword by Rob Wilkins and an introduction and annotations by Dr David Lloyd and Dr Darryl Jones, contextualising the novel and Pratchett’s far-reaching legacy for new readers and current fans alike. 'A master storyteller' - A. S. Byatt

## Editions

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Doubleday
- ISBN: 978-18-0784-498-1
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2026-10-29
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Corgi Books
- ISBN: 978-05-5216-766-6
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2026-07-16
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-0206-933-4
- Published: 2025-04-24
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4175-901-1
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2025-04-24
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-18-0499-066-7
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2023-05-25
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Transworld Digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 14 h 41 min
- Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
- ISBN: 978-14-7358-847-9
- Published: 2023-05-25
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Doubleday
- ISBN: 978-08-5752-504-8
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2017-10-19
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Transworld Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0703-532-1
- Published: 2009-12-01
- Language: en_GB

### Night Watch

- Publisher: Transworld Digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 3 h 52 min
- Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson
- ISBN: 978-14-0703-163-7
- Published: 2007-01-04
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Ronda de noche](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-pratchett/es/ronda-de-noche) (es_ES)
- [Ronde de nuit](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-pratchett/fr/ronde-de-nuit) (fr_FR)
- [Straż nocna](https://www.bookquiver.com/terry-pratchett/pl/straz-nocna) (pl_PL)