Series: Book 17 in the Discworld series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: EN-Comic, Lang:en
Summary
"May you live in interesting times" is
the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld --
especially on the distinctly unmagical sorcerer Rincewind, who
has had far too much perilous excitement in his life. But when
a request for a "Great Wizzard" arrives in Ankh-Morpork via
carrier albatross from the faraway Counterweight Continent,
it's he who's sent as emissary. Chaos threatens to follow the
impending demise of the Agatean Empire's current ruler. And,
for some incomprehensible reason, someone believes Rincewind
will have a mythic role in the war and wholesale bloodletting
that will surely ensue. (Carnage is pretty much a given, since
Cohen the Barbarian and his extremely elderly Silver Horde are
busily formulating their own plan for looting, pillaging, and,
er, looking wistfully at girls.) However, Rincewind firmly
believes there are too many heroes already in the world, yet
only one Rincewind. And he owes it to the world to keep that
one alive for as long as possible.