Death has been doing her job a little too well. Now she wants out.But when your name appears on every expiration form in existence, resignation isn't exactly part of cosmic protocol.Life of Death Pending Review is a sharp, darkly funny satire exploring what happens when one of the afterlife's most dependable Functionals decides to take a break, and the entire system collapses in bureaucratic panic.Death's attempt at a quiet exit triggers cosmic chaos: Reapers frantically submit résumés.Gods lodge formal grievances.A reaper in the form of a dog, still technically on payroll, declares spiritual protest.Blending absurdity, heart, and divine dysfunction, this genre-bending debut offers metaphysical mayhem and celestial inefficiency likely to appeal to fans of Good Omens and The Good Place.Death is done following procedure. And the universe isn't ready.