'cracking Dialogue, Compelling Illogic And Unchained Whimsy' Sunday Times 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 . . . Death Comes To Us All. When He Came To Mort, He Offered Him A Job. Death 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. 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. It's An Offer Mort 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, Ysabell, And Discovers That Your Boss Can Be A Killer On Your Love Life . . . ________________ The Discworld Novels Can Be Read In Any Order But Mort Is The First Book In The Death Series.