When a tired Lucifer closes up Hell, leaving Dream in charge, Death finds the suddenly homeless souls are drawn to her like moths to a flame. What's a girl to do? Her sister Delirium throws a party, and in the ensuing chaos, Death is left to save not just the afterlife but the crockery as well.

Teenager Sexton Furnival is contemplating suicide when he is befriended by death. Death herself is being hunted by evil forces which prey on her new vulnerability now that she is human. Meanwhile, Mad Hettie threatens to kill Death's suicidal friend if Death won't help her find her heart.

The world of Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, and his family, The Endless, is captured in this book which collects together all of Dave McKean's cover paintings for the Sandman graphic novels. It also includes a new Sandman story by Gaiman and McKean.

An intimate look into the life and mind of Neil Gaiman, the creator of 'The Sandman'.

Set in ancient Japan, this story is a haunting fable of ill-fated love and dream-eating monsters, told in an illustrated text format, and painted by Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano.

This work concludes the Sandman series. Morpheus is dead. As his family and friends gather to mourn him, a new Lord of the Dreaming begins to rebuild his realm. The volume ends with The Tempest , a flashback to a moment in Morpheus' past, concerning a bargain made with William Shakespeare.