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.

After the apocalyptic events in Preacher: War in the Sun , the Reverend Jesse Custer's quest for an absentee God takes an unexpected detour, one which leads down a backwater road to the godforsaken town of Salvation. This adult story features extreme violence, sexual situations and bad language.

After a shell-shocked detour into the town of Salvation and reeling from the betrayal of his vampire friend Cassidy, the Reverend Jesse Custer embarks on the final stretch of his journey to find God.

In this final volume, the story comes to an explosive climax. As the net closes around Jesse Custer, so the renegade Preacher embarks on his own endgame, a terrifying strategy that will place him between Starr, Cassidy and the implacable Saint of Killers and lead to a showdown with God himself.

This reference for Neil Gaiman's Sandman series covers each of the ten volumes, with plot summary, character analysis and interviews with the creators. It also contains story details, and lists of relevant CDs, articles, books and websites.