In 1348, a headstrong young healer named GIULIA comes face-to-face with DEATH himself when he arrives to claim her plague-ravaged mentor, collecting his soul and freezing time in the process. She is accepted by Death as the new doctor, but finds it much harder to convince her fellow medieval villagers to trust a woman to save them from a world-shattering pandemic. On a night when Death shows he can't hold his Grappa (and has a lovely singing voice), Giulia's world is forever changed. Trapped, she leans on her best friend, LORENZO—making him a promise that proves impossible to escape.