The Sandman / Gaiman, Neil

"A . . . tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death, this first of four volumes . . . collects the story arcs "Preludes and Nocturnes," The Doll's House," and "Dream Country," [and] . . . including the first comic to ever win a World Fantasy Award, issue #19's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"--Back cover.

A collection of eight comics that introduce the series' lead character, the Sandman, Lord of Dreams.

Follows Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction--seven brothers and sisters who belong to a family of magical beings who each rule over their own mythical realm.

Lord Morpheus must journey through hell to rescue his love who he had condemned there ten thousand years ago.

Older and more powerful than the gods themselves, the Endless are a dysfunctional family of cosmic beings that have ruled over the realms of dream, desire, despair, destiny, destruction, death, and delirium since the beginning of time. But three hundred years ago, one of the mythical beings gave up his duties and left his realm, never to be seen again. BRIEF LIVES tells the tales of Delirium and older brother Dream on a mission to find their missing sibling, as they encounter immortal humans and various deities while trying to locate the prodigal Destruction. But as their adventure draws Dream into a final, tragic confrontation with his son Orpheus, the eternal being learns the true meaning of fate and consequences.

In the final Sandman tale, Morpheus made the ultimate decision between change and death. As one journey for the Endless ends another begins for the Lord of Dreams and his family. All the final pieces come together for the final moments of the Sandman.

A collection of four comic stories by Neil Gaiman that explores the origins of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " relates the story of a muse enslaved by a novelist, examines the tyranny of mankind, and shares the thoughts of an immortal woman who wishes to die.

A collection of stories that introduce the graphic novel series' lead character, Morpheus, the King of Dreams, and his family, the Endless, a group of immortal beings who embody the most powerful forces or aspects of the universe.

Lord Morpheus must journey through hell to rescue his love who he had condemned there ten thousand years ago.