Grim Vacation

When Death takes a vacation, all Hell breaks loose. Juan Tu drives a 1979 Cadillac Deville and has a five-star rating on the Uber of the underworld—or he would, if he knew he was working for it. When Juan accidentally runs over the Grim Reaper in a taco shop alleyway, he expects a lawsuit. Instead, he gets a job offer. Azrael, the Angel of Death, is suffering from severe burnout and decides to take an unauthorized sabbatical, leaving Juan holding the bag. (Literally. It’s a leather satchel that hums.) The Job: Collect souls. The Method: Push the button on the pager. The Problem: Juan is human. Unlike the efficient, unfeeling bureaucracy of the afterlife, Juan has a heart. He listens to the souls. He comforts them. And thanks to a cosmic glitch, his empathy acts as a spiritual super-glue. Before long, Juan is physically fused to a motley crew of lost souls, including a paranoid conspiracy theorist and a grandmother who misses her cat. To get them unstuck, Juan has to bypass the standard "Grease Trap" processing center and venture into Worship World—a flashy, neon-lit alternative afterlife run by Lucifer himself. But the Devil’s new theme park is hiding a dark secret, and he’s turning souls into batteries to keep the lights on. Armed only with a tire iron, a magical pager, and a stubborn refusal to give up, Juan has to unionize the dead, outsmart the Prince of Darkness, and reboot the entire afterlife. Perfect for fans of Christopher Moore’s A Dirty Job, Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens, and anyone who has ever suspected that Hell is just a basement office with bad air conditioning.