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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... hands. They pointed to a quarter past nine. He shook it. A small hatch opened under the 12 and a very small demon poked its head out and said, “Knock it off, guv'nor, I'm pedalling as fast as I can.” He closed the watch again and looked ...
... hand. “The old place won't seem the same without you.” “Don't know how we'll manage,” said the Bursar, thankfully. “Good luck in the next life,” said the Dean. “Drop in if you're ever passing and happen to, you know, remember who you've ...
... hand on the watch squeaked onward. “How are you feeling?” said the Dean loudly. “Never felt better,” said Windle. “Is there anymore of that, mm, rum left?” The assembled wizards watched him pour agenerous measure into his beaker. “You ...
... hands, spiritual hands, and rubbed them together with forced enthusiasm. “Get a move on. Some of us have got new lives to go to,” he said. The darkness remained inert. There was no shape, no sound. It was void, without form. The spirit ...
... hands, crossed over the chest, unclenched. Windle raised his head. Some idiot had stuck a lily on his stomach. His eyes swiveled sideways. There was a candle on either side of his head. He raised his head some more. There were two more ...
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