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Soul Music is the sixteenth Discworld novel, published in 1994, and the third novel to focus on Death. The story of the book follows "The Band with Rocks In" through their short-lived but glamorous musical career. The band consists of the following members:
- Imp Y Celyn, a young lad from Llamedos who sings and plays the guitar. He looks rather "Elvish."
- Lias Bluestone, a troll who does percussion, which in typical troll fashion consists of banging rocks together. He later takes on a more rocky name, Cliff.
- Glod Glodsson, a dwarf that plays horn, and is not ashamed to admit he's in it for the money.
Meanwhile, Death is in one of his philosophical moods, and takes a holiday in search of a way to forget his more troubling memories, such as the recent demise of his adopted daughter Ysabell and her husband Mort. In the meantime, his granddaughter Susan discovers the truth about her heritage when she's forced to stand in for her missing grandfather. Complications ensue when she falls in love with Imp, and tries to save him from his "live fast, die young" destiny as the Discworld's first rock star.
| Preceded by Reaper Man |
3rd Death Story Published in 1994 |
Succeeded by Hogfather |
| Discworld reading order | Full article |
