Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But nowhe's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he wasstanding up in when the lightning struck. Living in the past is hard.Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive, because he hasa job to do. He must track down a murderer, teach his younger self how tobe a good
copper and change the outcome of a bloody rebellion. There's aproblem: if he wins, he's got no wife, no child, no future. A DiscworldTale of One City, with a full chorus of street urchins, ladies ofnegotiable affection, rebels, secret policemen and other children of therevolution.