The Kindly Ones

Lyta Hall's infant son, Daniel, is taken from her. In her grief she calls on the Kindly Ones, who are also named the Erinyes, the Eumenides and the Furies. These agents of vengeance do not stop until a crime has been paid for in blood, and once Lyta turns to them, their target is Dream of the Endless.

A mother's loss is only the visible cause. Darker forces are moving behind it, and the events they set going will demand a sacrifice larger than anything the Dreaming has had to give so far.

This is the ninth collected volume of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, with art primarily by Marc Hempel. It is a graphic novel in the dark fantasy mode, and it is the longest single story in the series.

Readers new to the series will be coming in at the ninth volume. The story gathers plot threads that have run since the first issues and pulls them toward a climax that permanently alters the world of Dream. Expect a heavy, tragic mood as those long-laid threads close.