AuthorTerry Pratchett
NarratorNigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 4
Duration7h 18m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
PublisherTransworld
VersionUnabridged
"Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome." For Mort however, it is about to become one of the tools of his trade. From henceforth, Death is no longer going to be the end, merely the means to an end. He has received an offer he 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 the dream job until he discovers that it can be a killer on his love life...
Discworld Series Book 13: Small Gods
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Nigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 13
Duration 9h 55m
Religion is a controversial business in the Discworld. Everyone has their own opinion, and indeed their own gods. Who come in all shapes and sizes. In such a competitive environment, there is a pressing need to make one's presence felt. And it's certainly not remotely helpful to be reduced to be appearing in the form of a tortoise, a manifestation...
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Discworld Series Book 24: The Fifth Elephant
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Stephen Briggs
SeriesDiscworld, Book 24
Duration 10h 47m
They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime's work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's not something you can just pick up on the job. A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador - to th...
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Discworld Series Book 28: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Stephen Briggs
SeriesDiscworld, Book 28
Duration 6h 37m
Every town on Discworld knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice - a streetwise tomcat - leads a band of educated ratty friends (and a stupid kid) on a nice little earner. Piper plus rats equals lots and lots of money. Until they run across someone playing a different tune. Now he and his rats must learn a new concept: evil . . .
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Discworld Series Book 39: Snuff
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Stephen Briggs
SeriesDiscworld, Book 39
Duration 11h 29m
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. And Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many, many bodies and an anci...
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Discworld Series Book 25: The Truth
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Stephen Briggs
SeriesDiscworld, Book 25
Duration 10h 24m
William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. New printing technology means that words just won't obediently stay nailed down like usual. There's a very real threat of news getting out there. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a s...
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Discworld Series Book 22: The Last Continent
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Tony Robinson
SeriesDiscworld, Book 22
Duration 3h
There's nothing like the issue of evolution to get under the skin of academics. Even if their field of expertise is magic rather than biology. With the best and most interfering minds of Unseen University somehow left in charge at a critical evolutionary turning point, the Discworld's last continent needs a saviour. Who is this hero striding across...
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Discworld Series Book 15: Men At Arms
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Nigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 15
Duration 9h 48m
Fate is a word that springs to the lips when to call something coincidence seems mealy mouthed. Destiny is another such. But the problem with destiny is, of course, that she is not always careful where she points her finger. One minute you might be minding your own business on a normal if not spectacular career path, the next you might be in the fr...
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Discworld Series Book 19: Feet of Clay
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Nigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 19
Duration 9h 38m
For members of the City Watch, life consists of troubling times, linked together by periods of torpid inactivity. Now is one such troubling time. People are being murdered, but there's no trace of anything alive having been at the crime scene. Is there ever a circumstance in which you can blame the weapon not the murderer? Such philosophical questi...
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Discworld Series Book 12: Witches Abroad
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Nigel Planer
SeriesDiscworld, Book 12
Duration 8h 23m
'Things have to come to an end, see. That's how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldn't treat people like they was characters, like they was things. But if you do, then you've got to know where the story ends.' That's the problem when you let real life get in the way of a good story. You should...
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Discworld Series Book 3: Equal Rites
Author: Terry Pratchett
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Celia Imrie
SeriesDiscworld, Book 3
Duration 7h 28m
They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. There are some situations where the correct response is to display the sort of ignorance which happily and wilfully flies in the face of the facts. In this case, the birth of a baby girl, born a wizard - by mistake. Everybody knows that there...
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