The lighthouse at the edge of the world

At the edge of Chicago, nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan, there is a waystation for the dead. Every night, the newly-departed travel through the city to the Station, guided by its lighthouse. There, they reckon with their lives, before stepping aboard a boat to go beyond. Nera has spent decades watching her father -- the ferryman of the dead -- sail across the lake, each night just like the last. But tonight, something is wrong. The Station...