"Angus is a reformed ne'er-do-well looking forward to the birth of his first child when he's murdered by a man who is in love with his pregnant wife Gracie. Having never believed in God, heaven or hell, Angus finds himself in the afterlife--a place that provides more questions than answers. As a worldwide pandemic finally reaches the shores of Australia, the afterlife starts to get very crowded and Angus finds a way to reconnect with his wife Gracie...

Marina Salles's life does not end the day she wakes up dead. Instead she is transformed into the stuff of myth, the stuff of her grandmother's old Filipino stories: an aswang. She spent her life on the margins, knowing very little about her own life, let alone the lives of others, Death brings her into the hearts and minds of those she has known-- even her killer-- as she is able to access their memories and to see anew the meaning of her own. --...