Carpe Jugulum

Be calm ( English title: Carpe Jugulum ) is a novel by Terry Pratchett. It is the twenty-third Discworld novel. Quiet Blood was published in 1998. The scene is Lancre. Calm down one of the witches stories why the witch trio Weatherwax / Ogg / Nitt occupy the most prominent roles. They bear the onus, the christening invited, by the king modern vampires rid of. Modern vampirism, as Terry Pratchett describes it here, negating the typical vampire archetypes. The fear of religious symbols is suppressed. Fear of holy water or the light allergy are conditioned away. This makes their combat considerably more complicated.

The English Title: Carpe Jugulum satirizes the Latin motto: Carpe diem.

German edition

Goldmann, 2000, ISBN 3-442-41652-3

In a first dramatic confrontation Granny Weatherwax is defeated and bitten by the Elstyrs. You go as a matter of course, assumes that Grandma once she now awakens even a vampire and will be a faithful vassal. The confusion during the fight use Nanny, Magrat and the baby to flee with the help of Igor the Elstyr from Lancre. Because of a storm, however, they must dodge by over forest and take refuge in the home castle of the vampires. There, the showdown takes place.

With the help of Hilbert Himmelwärts the strongly weakened Granny Weatherwax has dragged up there. Now they can fall back on a young phoenix and her strong will to happiness. It turns out that not about grandma was infected with vampirism, but conversely, the vampires are affected by the weather wax. Since the count has killed his dog scraps, Igor wakes his old masters again. This, whether these incidents embarrassed brings in his unsuccessful breeding manners. With him, a vampire who knows how to behave can quickly become a consensus.

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