![]() Mort is the first book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy' Sunday Times It's a dream job - until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life. THEY’VE ONLY GOT A FEW YEARS IN THIS WORLD AND THEY SPEND THEM ALL IN MAKING THINGS COMPLICATED FOR THEMSELVES. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn't compulsory. Frontispiece from Folio Society’s beautiful edition of Mort by Terry Pratchett THAT’S MORTALS FOR YOU, Death continued. ![]() Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he'll need to hire some help. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. The Creator had a lot of remarkably good ideas when he put the world together, but making it understandable hadn’t been one of them. Which was going to be hard, because there wasn’t one. ![]() He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.'ĭeath is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton carrying a scythe who must collect a minimum number of souls in order to keep the momentum of dying, well. Mort was one of those people who are more dangerous than a bag of rattlesnakes. ![]() ![]() The fourth Discworld novel and first in the Death series - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans. ![]()
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