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A review by carlylottsofbookz
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
4.0
The premise of this book is amazing: Death is a job/role/office staffed by a person (the book only mentioned men, but I don't see why it couldn't be a woman). So if you kill Death, before he kills you--bam! You got yourself a new job...as Death.
You can imagine this requires quite a bit on the job training, but you will have some help--Mortis, your trustee Deathsteed (who has modernized with the times and can transform into the fastest car ever--which is totally necessary when rushing the globe collecting souls on a bit of a time crunch), as well as his fellow Incarnations of Nature, Chronos, Mars (War), and Fate.
All is well, Zane Is learning his craft when something unusual happens...he falls in love with a woman who the Devil has slated to die (since it has been seen that she will cost him tons of souls down the road). What is Death to do? He can't possibly take her soul, but if he doesn't take hers, he can't take any--he goes on strike until the issue can be resolved by a panel. (Turns out this whole, life/death/heaven/hell thing is very much a bureaucracy.)
Good stuff this book!
You can imagine this requires quite a bit on the job training, but you will have some help--Mortis, your trustee Deathsteed (who has modernized with the times and can transform into the fastest car ever--which is totally necessary when rushing the globe collecting souls on a bit of a time crunch), as well as his fellow Incarnations of Nature, Chronos, Mars (War), and Fate.
All is well, Zane Is learning his craft when something unusual happens...he falls in love with a woman who the Devil has slated to die (since it has been seen that she will cost him tons of souls down the road). What is Death to do? He can't possibly take her soul, but if he doesn't take hers, he can't take any--he goes on strike until the issue can be resolved by a panel. (Turns out this whole, life/death/heaven/hell thing is very much a bureaucracy.)
Good stuff this book!