The Book Worlds leading enforcement officer Thursday Next is four months into an enforced semi-retirement following an assassination attempt. She returns home to Swindon for what youd expect to be a time of recuperation. If only life were that simple. Thursday is faced with an array of family problems
- son Fridays lack of focus since his career in the Chronoguard was relegated to a might-have-been, daughter Tuesdays difficulty perfecting the Anti-Smote shield needed to thwart an angry Deitys promise to wipe Swindon off the face of the earth, & Jenny, who doesnt exist. & thats not all. With Goliath attempting to replace Thursday at every opportunity with synthetic Thursdays, the prediction that Fridays Destiny-Aware colleagues will die in mysterious circumstances, & a looming meteorite that could destroy all human life on earth, Thursdays retirement is going to be anything but easy.