Mort (Discworld)
Series: Discworld (4)
Publisher: Roc
Published: April 4, 1989
Number of pages: 1
ISBN-13: 9780451159236
First sentence: This is the bright candlelit room where the life-timers are stored-shelf upon shelf of them, squat hourglasses, one for every living person, pouring their fine sand from the future into the past.