Night Watch (Discworld, volume 29/City Watch, volume 6) by Terry Pratchett

[james_davis_nicoll]

A time-displaced cop struggles to protect history and the glorious revolution from a time-displaced psychopath, as well as from the cop's own better nature.

Night Watch (Discworld, volume 29/City Watch, volume 6) by Terry Pratchett

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[mmcirvin]

(I also think "The Colour of Magic"/"The Light Fantastic" actually had the most successful TV adaptation of all of them: the picaresque structure created lots of opportunities for spectacle, where the screen adaptations of later, arguably better books can drag a bit, and Pratchett made a pass on the story to tighten it up and make it more consistent with the later evolution of Discworld.)