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The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists

The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists

Graphic NovelsFantasy
Pages
224
Published
1996
Language
English

Synopsis

Season of Mists opens with Dream confronting an old cruelty: ten thousand years earlier, he condemned a former lover, Nada, to Hell for refusing him. Pressured by his family to make amends, he resolves to go rescue her — only to arrive and discover that Lucifer Morningstar has grown tired of ruling Hell and has evicted every soul and demon, handing Dream the key to an empty kingdom.

What follows is a darkly comic procession of gods, angels, and mythological powers descending on Dream's realm, each making a case for why they should inherit Hell, in one of the most acclaimed story arcs of Neil Gaiman's Sandman.

Genres

Graphic Novels Fantasy Comics Horror Paranormal Mythology

About the author

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English writer of novels, short fiction, comics, screenplays and audio drama. He worked as a journalist before moving into comics, where his DC series The Sandman, begun in 1989, recast the title character as Morpheus, lord of dreams, and became one of the most acclaimed comics of its era. His novels include Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, as well as Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline and The Oc...

Characters

Dream (Morpheus)Protagonist

The Lord of the Dreaming, forced to reckon with an old cruelty and an unwanted inheritance.

Lucifer MorningstarSupporting

The former ruler of Hell, who abandons his throne and hands Dream the key.

All characters in The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists

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