Older and more powerful than the gods themselves, the Endless are a dysfunctional family of cosmic beings that have ruled over the realms of dream, desire, despair, destiny, destruction, death, and delirium since the beginning of time. On a mission to find Destruction, their missing sibling, Delirium and Dream encounter immortal humans and various deities.
Coming off the least interesting volume in the series ([b:The Sandman Vol. 6 Fables and Reflections|25106|The Sandman Vol. 6 Fables and Reflections|Neil Gaiman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167577137s/25106.jpg|181895]), Brief Lives was a welcome high point. Delerium wants to look for Destruction, who left the Endless family and disappeared 300 years prior. Dream is the only sibling who agrees to accompany her; he doesn't want to find Destruction, but he does want to take his mind off a love affair that just ended.
Delerium was what made Brief Lives. She is absolutely charming and hilarious, and the interactions between her and Dream are just perfection. I loved how the issue titles reflected her spacey, meandering style of speaking. I loved the conversations that she and Dream and Destruction had. I don't normally give out 5 stars to just anything, but this volume had me giddy. I thought [b:The Sandman Vol. 5 A Game of You|25102|The Sandman Vol. 5 A Game of You|Neil Gaiman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184495538s/25102.jpg|810826] was deep, thought-provoking, charming storytelling, but Brief Lives just leaves it in the dust.
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