Spoiler clearance: none

   There is a Whiskeyjack in the Bridgeburners, and there was one in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, too. But it’s not all, because there are two different things called Avatar: the blue-people film, and also that famous manga about Airbenders and Firebenders and the rest of that Bender folk. Then (this is the funny part) there are three different ‘Night Watches’ to speak of – one in the Millennium trilogy, another in Game of Thrones, and yet another in Sergei Lukyanenko’s books!

   Night Watches are kewl, I suppose... I mean, come on, these dudes work nights (night is exciting), plus, they have to watch something or someone (watching is exciting).

   So, do not get too confused if there’s ever an avatar of Whiskeyjack in the Night Watch...

   Spoiler clearance: Toll the Hounds

   Two hundred pages along, and it’s great fun! Glad to be reunited with Picker and Mallet, and the rest of the old survivors. Rake is there, Mappo is there too, and we even caught a quick glimpse of Dassem or am I hallucinating? Anyway… should be good!

   Best line of the book so far? The ex-tyrant, Raest, is trapped inside Darujhistan’s Azath, and he says: ‘The stresses of owning property.’

   What a laugh.

   That bit about Rake becoming nothing more than a bureaucrat, was also pretty darn funny. Just imagine living in Black Coral and getting your tax forms…