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Twenty-something protagonist George is a grim reaper: her job is to take people’s souls just before they die and escort them into the afterlife. George and her fellow reapers are "undead" - humans who have died but must server time before passing on to the next world. Reapers look and live like ordinary humans - they eat, have day jobs, etc. - but their physical appearances are different from when they were living, so their friends and loved ones do not recognize them.

Reapers work for Death and are given harvesting assignments. Failure to comply can have dire consequences -innocent lives may be lost, and uncollected souls can painfully wither and die. Reaping assignments are often tricks and can be complicated by the presence of Gravelings - gremlin-like creatures that cause accidental deaths and are invisible to humans. George’s fellow Reapers are Roxy, a no-nonsense cop with an attitude; Mason, a harmless, horny slacker; and Daisy, a sweet-natured drama queen. Their banter is snappy and leans towards put-downs and sexual innuendos.

After an early-morning soul-reaping job, George looks in from afar on her mother, Joy, and kid sister, Reggie. She misses them both but of course cannot contact them - as far as they're concerned, she’s been dead for five years. George goes to meet her fellow reapers and collect her next assignment, but their usual meeting place has burned down, and Rube, the head reaper and their boss, is nowhere to be found.