« Men at Arms » Terry Pratchett

Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He’s now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh–Morpork, Discworld’s greatest city, from Barbarian Tribes, Miscellaneous Marauders, unlicensed Thieves, and such.

It’s a big job, particularly for an adopted dwarf. But an even bigger job awaits. An ancient document has just revealed that Ankh–Morpork, ruled for decades by Disorganized crime, has a secret sovereign!

And his name is Carrot…. And so begins the most awesome epic encounter of all time, or at least all afternoon, in which the fate of a city—indeed of the universe itself!—depends on a young man’s courage, an ancient sword’s magic, and a three–legged poodle’s bladder.