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The 27th ''[[Discworld]]'' novel and the sixth in the Watch theme.
The 27th ''[[Discworld]]'' novel and the sixth in the Watch theme. Should not be confused with the ''[[Night Watch]]'' books by Sergei Lukyanenko, or the film adaptation. The novel is named after the famous Rembrandt painting ''The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Nightwatch)'', to which the front cover art by Paul Kidby is an [[Homage]] and a reproduction of which adorns the back cover in the Hardcover edition. Also not to be confused with the Night's Watch, an organisation in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.▼
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 Watch is on the hunt for a serial killer named Carcer, who has murdered Sergeant Stronginthearm. Vimes has him trapped on the University Library's roof, but then the [[Lightning Can Do Anything|lightning bolt]] from ''Thief of Time'' strikes, catapulting Vimes and Carcer thirty years back in time in a freak magical accident. Vimes soon inadvertently [[You Will Be Beethoven|steps into the shoes of his old mentor, John Keel]], and quickly lands himself right in the middle of the Ankh-Morpork civil war. 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]].
The book has been noted for a much darker than usual tone, with fewer obvious jokes and a more serious story than previous installments.
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