Good Omens:
The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Synopsis from Neil Gaiman's website:

There is a distinct hint of Armageddon in the air. According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, the Four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world's last two remaining witch-finders are getting ready to fight the good fight, armed with awkwardly antiquated instructions and stick pins. Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. . . . Right. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan.

Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon -- each of whom has lived among Earth's mortals for many millennia and has grown rather fond of the lifestyle -- are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the Antichrist (which is a shame, as he's a really nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him. . . .

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Synopsis from Terry Pratchett's website:

'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right'

People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in preparation for the rapture, or laughing it off as (hopefully) just another hoax.

Or you could just try to do something about it.

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Good Omens was written by Neil Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett, who (along with all the other authors involved in this project) have waived their royalties for this special World Book Night edition.

World Book Night is a special promotion to help spread the love of reading books, and there are events taking place this year in the US and several other countries.

On April 23, 2013 (or shortly afterwards), 25,000 volunteer book givers throughout the country will each give away 20 copies of one of 30 books - that's half a million books...and you've found one of them!

For more information about World Book Night, go to http://www.us.worldbooknight.org. There you can find out about the program, the books and who chose them, the donors, World Book Night in other countries, and more.

This book will be released somewhere in Honolulu (Waikiki Beachwalk, as it turns out) for World Book Night, April 23, 2013...a special project designed to get books into the hands of people everywhere, especially people who don't normally read for entertainment.

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