"It is the duty of a Keeper of the Dead to create and retain the peace and balance between and within the Land of the Dead and the Land of the Living." After finding she is utterly useless at making shoes, Rosa Rivera finds herself in the curious position of being allowed to find a job outside the family shoemaking business. Seeing a flier advertising a job titled "Keeper of the Dead Wanted!" she was hired on, though soon finds it's not what the flier explained or she expected.