Written by NEIL GAIMAN Art by SAM KIETH, MIKE DRINGENBERG & MALCOLM JONES III Cover by DAVE MCKEAN The first volume collecting Neil Gaiman's seminal horror series is available in a new edition featuring the improved production values and coloring from the Absolute Edition. In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, collecting issues #1-8, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps Death's younger brother Dream instead. After his 70-year imprisonment and eventual escape, Morpheus goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine and an all-powerful madman. This book also includes the story "The Sound of Her Wings" which introduces the pragmatic, perky Death.

尼爾·蓋曼（Neil Gaiman）堪稱當代最著名的暢銷書作傢之一，被視為新一代幻想文學的代錶。他的創作橫跨幻想、科幻、恐怖、兒童、漫畫等多種領域，代錶作品有《睡魔》《美國眾神》《墳場之書》《星塵》《烏有鄉》《鬼媽媽》《煙與鏡》《好兆頭》等，不僅本本暢銷，更攬獲艾 斯納奬、雨果奬、星雲奬、世界奇幻奬等多種奬項。