Death had never loved anyone, no one even bothered to know his true name, they all knew him as death. He was a story, the grim reaper, the soul collector, but he was more than that. He had a heart, that had gone cold over time.
Then out of nowhere Amelia comes into his life, well death, she dies from something unknown, but she's shot into his life and all she wants is to be alive again, but Death wants her to stay, the minute he saw her he felt warm, he has never felt warm.
Amelia wants to go home, she wants to make a deal, Death sets the guidelines, and surprisingly she agrees, but what happens when Amelia wants to call the deal off? What happens when Death refuses to let her go.
Death has finally met love, but will his love be returned? Will Death scare her away?
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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