The release date for the English version of 'Mort' by
Terry Pratchett is Feb 2001. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
We are all destined to die. He made Mort an employment offer when he arrived.
Death is the Discworld's Grim Reaper, a skeleton in black with a scythe who guides souls to the hereafter. He is also a big fan of cats and finds mankind to be utterly confusing. Death is eager to see what mankind is really all about, but he will need to enlist some assistance to make it happen.
Mort is unable to turn down this offer. He will have free board and use of the company horse as Death's apprentice, and death is not a requirement. It's a wonderful job, until Mort realizes that your boss may ruin your love life and falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell.