Reaper Man: A Discworld World"Engaging, surreal satire. . . nothing short of magical." —Chicago Tribune The eleventh installment in the Discworld fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett — in which Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality, and Ankh-Morpork's undead and underemployed set off to find him. They say there are only two things you can count on. But that was before Death started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch. Now Death is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use. But like every cutback in an important public service, Death's demise soon leads to chaos and unrest—literally, for those whose time was supposed to be up, like Windle Poons. The oldest geezer in the entire faculty of Unseen University—home of magic, wizardry, and big dinners—Windle was looking forward to a wonderful afterlife, not this boring been-there-done-that routine. To get the fresh start he deserves, Windle and the rest of Ankh-Morpork's undead and underemployed set off to find Death and save the world for the living(and everybody else, of course). The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series. The Death collection includes:
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... figures floated just above it. Exactly what they were can't be described in normal language. Some people might call them cherubs, although there was nothing rosy-cheeked about them. They might be numbered among those who see to it that ...
... figure that wavered indistinctly in the gloom. WHY? It told him. BUT THAT IS ... NOT RIGHT. It told him that No, it was right. Not a muscle moved on Death's face, because he hadn't got any. I SHALL APPEAL. It told him, he should know ...
... figure as it led the way out into the hall and down the passage to the stable. “This isn't some sort of joke, is it?” he added hopefully. IAM NOT KNOWN FOR MY SENSE OF FUN. “Well, of course not, no offense meant. But listen, you can't ...
... figure of Modo, the University's dwarf gardener, who was sitting in the twilight smoking his pipe. “Oh. Hallo, Modo.” “I'eard you was took dead, Mr. Poons.” “Er. Yes. I was.” “See you got over it, then.” Poons nodded, and looked ...
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