The father of an odd young boy decides it is best for both of them if the offspring is sent to look for a job. So Mortimer, called Mort, is taken on by the famous character of Death, portrayed as a skeleton in a sweeping black cloak. Mort soon finds out that working for Death had alot more troubles than he first thought.

People who enjoy the science fantasy books, of which Terry Pratchett is considered a legend by me.

The humour, and the setting of Death's Domain. It was very descriptive, and some cases very hilarious.

Well, I found myself wishing Death was a person (well skeleton) and that everyone could meet him.

Like it would be great to live in a world were all the magical things could happen. I reckon it would make the place more interesting.

Terry Pratchett has alot of other fabulous books, based on the Discworld. Some of them contain characters in previos books, and some have completely new characters, but each book written is superb.

It is extremely interesting, and I found that I couldn't put it down.

The good thing about these books, is that (if you're going through them one by one like me, and Mort is only the 4th) you know there's always going to be one similar to Mort waiting for you. Terry Pratchett's Discworld series contains (I think) roughly 25 books.

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