In an unnamed country on the first day of the New Year people stop dying There is great celebration & people dance in the streets They have achieved the great goal of humanity eternal life Soon though the residents begin to suffer Undertakers face bankruptcy the church is forced to reinvent its doctrine & local 'maphia' smuggle those on the brink of death over the border where they can expire naturally Death does return eventually but with a new courteous approach
- delivering violet warning letters to her victims But what can death do when a letter is unexpectedly returned?