Everyone knows that the world is flat and supported on the backs of four elephants. But werent there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. So where is it?When duty calls, Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers—even if he doesnt want to. Now, hes been invited to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. The one role he relishes the other requires, well, ruby tights. Of course, where cops even those clad in tights go, alas, crime follows. An attempted assassination and a theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald, where lard is found in underground seams along with tusks and teeth and other precious ivory artifacts. Its up to the dauntless Vimes—bothered as usual by a familiar cast of Discworld inhabitants you know, trolls, dwarfs, werewolves, vampires, and such—to solve the puzzle of the missing pachyderm.
