Mort: (Discworld Novel 4) (Discworld series)

<p><b>'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy' </b><i>Sunday Times</i></p><p><b>The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . </b></p><p><i>Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.</i></p><p><b>Death</b> 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 . . . alive.</p><p>He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer . . . but to do that, he'll need to hire some help. </p><p>It's an offer <b>Mort</b> can't refuse. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn't compulsory. It's a dream job - until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, <b>Ysabell</b>, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life . . . <br />________________</p><p><i>The Discworld novels can be read in any order but <b>Mort</b> is the first book in the Death series. </i></p>