Brutha is the definition of a simple man who prefers someone else to do the thinking. He believes in the god Om and he believes Om brings peace and justice through the arms of the Quisition, particularly through the fingers of its leader Vorbis. Brutha's life is turned upside down when his god Om starts speaking to him in the form of an insignificant turtle, and Vorbis takes him along on a diplomatic mission to Ephebe - a dangerous place full of ideas and thinkers.

In a perfect world, kids would read this book in class and discuss every passage. Learn why it is important to ask things and build personal opinions, why they should not let other people tell them what to do, what to think, and what is right or wrong. Learn to be kind, but also understand when they are being lied to, even when that lie is disguised behind the greater good.

I am not sure Pratchett was human, I cannot begin to understand how a real person is able to carry such a horrible and delicate subject with such grace and humour. I think I am a believer of "Pratchettism" (and therefore I am!).