Reaper Man: A Discworld Novel"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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... Windle Poons made a speech. It was long and rambling and disjointed and went on about the good old days and he seemed to think that most of the people around him were people who had been, in fact, dead for about fifty years, but that ...
... Windle Poons nodded amiably. He hadn't heard what they were saying. He nodded on general principles. The wizards, as ... Windle Poons. They looked faintly accusing. “What're you all looking at?” he said. The seconds hand on the watch ...
... Windle Poons peered into the darkness. “Hallo?” he said. “Hallo. Anyone there? What ho?” There was a distant, forlorn soughing, as of wind at the end of a tunnel. “Come out, come out, wherever you are,” said Windle, his voice trembling ...
... Windle Poons had been a wizard for more than a century. Besides, it was like breaking into your own house, the old familiar property that you'd lived in for years. You knew where the metaphorical ... Windle Poons went back to Windle ...
... Windle Poons opened its eyes. Two coins jingled onto the stone floor. The hands, crossed over the chest, unclenched. Windle raised his head. Some idiot had stuck a ... Poons' body was entirely under Windle Poons' control. And REAPER MAN 29.
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