Going Postal

It all takes place in Ankh-Morpork, a powerful city-state based on the historical yet modern settings of New York City and London. Moist von Lipwig is the protagonist of the story. He is a skilled con artist who was going to be hanged for his crimes but IS saved at the last moment by Patrician Havelock Vetinari.

The adventure continues as Moist attempts to introduce postage stamps to Ankh-Morpork, Reacher Gilt sets a banshee assassin on the unsuspecting postmaster and Gilt finds himself face to face with the Patrician. All is not well in Ankh-Morpork.