Episode 1: Mort

Welcome to Nanny Ogg's Book Club: A Discworld Podcast! Join us as we read through all 41 of the fantastical and outrageous Discworld novels! This is Episode 1: Mort.

Mort is an unwieldy and overly enthusiastic teenager who is unsuited to his family's farming business. His family attempts to get him an apprenticeship, but the only person who shows up to take him on the day of the apprenticeship fair is a living skeleton with a cowl and a scythe, Death of course. Death takes Mort to his realm where he meets Death's adopted daughter, Ysabell, and his crusty butler Albert. After many weeks of taking care of Death's horse—Binky—and watching Death assist those who have died along towards their own personal afterlife, Death decides to take a night off and Mort is finally given the chance to step in and do the job himself. Only, things don't go as planned, and reality itself might now be unraveling.

Theme: Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
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