Lezek mistakes Death for a normal undertaker, and Mort is allowed to take on the position.

At first Mort seems destined to fail in this as well, but just before midnight Death himself appears and offers to make Mort his apprentice. His father Lezek gives in and takes Mort to the local hiring fair, hoping to find the boy another profession to pursue and happy to get his daydreaming son out of his hair. On Discworld, Mort is an awkward and unhappy apprentice to his family’s farm, and hopelessly fails at every aspect of it. He selects one and takes it to a candle to see by, and begins a vision of the world, slowly narrowing it down to a field where a young boy is running. The story begins with Death in a room where hourglasses associated with every living person are stored. It is the fourth book in Pratchett’s hugely successful Discworld series of humorous fantasies, and the first to focus on the recurring character of Death. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.Mort is a novel by Sir Terry Pratchett, published in 1987. The first book in the Discworld series- The Colour of Magic-was published in 1983. The Discworld novels can be enjoyed in any order, but Mort is the first book in the Death series. 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… As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse-and being dead isn't compulsory. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he'll need to hire some help. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.ĭeath is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world.

WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE WHO SHOULD LIVE AND WHO SHOULD DIE?'ĭeath comes to us all. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy ( Love Actually Pirates of the Caribbean Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz ( Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. The audiobook of Mort is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford ( Fleabag Vanity Fair Quiz).

Mort by Terry Pratchett