The Fifth Elephant J.M. Coetzee If she can pass their

If she can pass their three rites of membership

old resentments resurface and loyalties are tested

is a wych-hunter

is trying to make a living as a diviner

The Fifth Elephant J.M. Coetzee If she can pass theirSam Vines is a man on the run. Yesterday, he was a duke, a chief of police, and ambassador to the mysterious, fat rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization, there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're werewolves and they're catching up. Sam Vimes is out of time and already out of breath.