Rincewind is off on another adventure when he finds himself magically transported to the land of Twoflower, the innocent tourist from The Color of Magic.
When Twoflower arrived back home, he wrote a travel book describing the wonders of Ankh-Morpork and incidentally creating much dissatisfaction in the denizens of the Agatean Empire. A revolution is in the making, helped along surreptitiously by Lord Hong, the Grand Vizier to the elderly emperor. Lord Hong has grand ambitions and envious eyes on Ankh-Morpork.
The wizards of the Unseen University have been instructed to send the "great wizzard" to the Agatean Empire. The only wizard who spells it "wizzard" is Rincewind and so Rincewind is summarily snatched and instantaneously sent thence, only to end up in prison next to his old traveling companion, Twoflower. Together the two of them and a few young, idealistic followers will overthrow an empire and reanimate an ancient, long buried army.
This is one of the better Rincewind stories. The plot is more solid and a less chaotic than most Rincewind stories. The social commentary manages to stay amusing while being quite pointed. It has a very intriguing ending, with Rincewind finding himself transported to the continent of XXXX, the Discworld equivalent to Australia where he has an immediate encounter with a boomerang.
Review by Publishers Weekly.
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