Michael knew his weekend was going to be a nightmare. On top of long hours at his after-school job delivering pizzas, he's struggling to write the college application essay he hopes will get him into Harvard-and the deadline is Monday. But the real nightmare begins when he runs over somebody on his way home from work and realizes the eccentric old man he hit isn't dressed like the Grim Reaper because he's on his way to a Halloween party. He really is Death. And now he has a broken leg, and somebody has to drive him to his fatal "appointments." Can Michael finish his essay, keep his job, and win the girl of his dreams, all while serving as Death's unwilling chauffeur? Can he convince the police there's an innocent reason he was at the scene of a grisly murder-and do it before the real killers catch up with him? And with lives on the line and his future at stake, can he cheat Death in the ultimate challenge: a one-on-one game of Halo?

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. David Benatar presents a startling challenge to these assumptions. He argues that people systematically overestimate the quality of their life, and suffer quite serious harms by coming into existence.