Equal RitesThe Discworld is very much like our own if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but its not half so bad as a lot of ignorance. The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately

All Spain has fallen to the French

Her only hope is to unmask her nemesis or shes next

Brilliantly evoking Istanbul in the 1830s

out of the accusing stares of her stepdaughter

'Sparkling prose and a page-turning plot combined with wonderful storytelling

Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy

In order to stay alive

But Foe is less interested in the history of the island than in the story if Susan herself

His task: to keep an eye on The Britannia

Laura Iven has been discharged from her duties as a nurse and sent back to Halifax

Now he's about to go further

Potter's Pleasure Palace