For Delilah Woods, Death lives down the hall, in her parent's room, sleeping beside her mother every night. The Woods family has been the representation of Death since the beginning of time, leading lost and confused spirits into the afterlife. On her sixteen birthday, Delilah is dazed to discover that she, the daughter of Death, will be fated to step into the role instead of her twin brother Dylan as a male has always been next in line to lead their life as Death. Now she will have to learn the role her father plays in helping the departed move on while discovering exactly what fate will require out of her. What she never expected was to take on the heavy burden of accepting a spirits last message on her first crossing. When the nightmares and ghostly possessions begin after that mistaken acceptance, this young Death may have to risk her family's secret to rid herself of the deathly nightmare her life has become, or end up destroying her own existence. If this is what happens when fate comes knocking at your door, maybe it's best not to answer it.