The Last HeroA short but perfectly formed complete Discworld novel, fully illustrated in lavish colour throughout, THE LAST HERO is an essential part of any Discworld collection. It stars the legendary Cohen the Barbarian, a legend in his own lifetime. Cohen can remember when a hero didn't have to worry about fences and lawyers and civilisation, and when people didn't tell you off for killing dragons. But he can't always remember, these days, where he put his

They have to be

author of The Water Dancer

as they try to root out the leader of the murderous National Socialist Action Army

Because he's guilty

Mrs Sidhus appetite for mystery is rekindled

Ashes of the Sun (Book One): Four hundred years ago

On a hot July day

in countless news broadcasts and foreign-correspondent reports

and the villagers treat him with bewildering suspicion

a dead body in the City Museum re-enacting an incident from ancient Mongolian history

Nothing like it has been published before' JAMES PATTERSON

the Battle of the Atlantic was a full-scale war