Jess loves audiobooks, sewing skirts, and the first day of school. She even gets along with her family, including Barrett, her rock-god older brother. She is, in short, a nerd, and feels immediate dread when she starts to grow apart from her two best friends, Bizza and Char, who underwent a punk makeover to fit in with Barrett’s band.
• COVER: Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership - As he celebrates his 90th birthday, the world's greatest moral leader reflects on a lifetime of service • SOCIETY: The Truth About Plastic - It's in just about everything--which may be harmful to you and the planet. • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Batman Is Back - The new Batman epic is a violent, masterly weave of madness and dread • TECHNOLOGY: Post Apocalypse - The Web needs commenters. But are they ruining the Net faster than they can save it?
Before there was Black Company, there was the Dread Empire, an omnibus collection the first three Dread Empire novels: A Shadow of All Night's Falling, October's Baby and All Darkness Met.
