Who is Thursday Next? What is unusual about her name? What does Thursday do for a living? How does Thursday do this? What crime takes place in the opening pages of the novel? Why does Thursday feel somewhat responsible for this crime? What makes this crime personal to Thursday? Who does Thursday believe is responsible for this crime? Why? What does Thursday agree to do to solve the crime?

What is SpecOps? Which department of SpecOps is Thursday in? What is the difference between the different divisions of SpecOps? Which departments are the important ones? Which are the least important ones? Where does Thursday's division rest in this scale? Why is Thursday transferred to SO-5? How long is this transfer intended to be? Why?

Who is Acheron Hades? Why is SO-5 looking for him? How does Thursday know what Hades looks like? What was...