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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... dead!” He had to admit that it wasn't a very good line. You didn't put people on a slab with candles and lilies all around them because you think they've got a bit of a headache and want a nice lie down for half an hour. Windle took a ...
... dead?” “He's said he wants his old bedroom back, and I don't see why I should have to move out—” “Did you see his eyes? Like gimlets!” “Eh? What? What d'you mean? You mean like that dwarf who runs the delicatessen on Cable Street?” “I ...
... dead. Pale face, red under the eyes. A dead body. Operating but still, basically, dead. Was that fair? Was that justice? Was that a proper reward for being a firm believer in reincarnation for almost 130 years? You come back as a corpse ...
... . “Not when he's dead, though.” “Yeah? Makes sense.” “Running water,” said the Lecturer in Recent Runes suddenly. “It's running water. Sorry. They can't cross over P 36 TERRY RATCHETT It was something that wouldn't normally have ...
... Dead people walking around is unhygienic,” he said. This silenced them. No one had ever looked at it that way, but Mustrum Ridcully was just the sort of man who would. Mustrum Ridcully was, depending on your point of view, either the ...
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