Universe's End

Whenonedoorcloses,anotheroneopens.Andwhenoneuniverseends,anotherbegins.Roryhasfoundhimselfinaratherstrangepredicament:theendofnotjusttheworld,buttheentireuniversehascomeandgone.Anintergalacticwarwaswaged,andintheend,tryastheymight,thegoodguyslostwhenthebadguyspressedthebigreddonotpressbutton.Except,insteadofbeingtheendofthestory,Rory,anobodyinthegrandschemeofthings,findshimselfalmostcompletelyaloneinafreshuniverse,oneofeightprecursorschosenalmostentirelyatrandom.Almostcompletelyalone,Rorymustsurvive,ifonlybecausethereisntmuchtodobutsurvive.HisonlysometimescompanyisanoddWorldSpiritthatseemsinsistentonhiscontinuedsurvivalandgrowth,amutuallybeneficialsymbioticrelationshipthatfeelsatleastalittlebitlikeapyramidscheme.Notonlymusthedohisbesttosurvive,buthemustalsochartthecourseandbuildanentireuniversefromscratch,becomingthearchitectofsomethingnew.Thisisntthestoryofanup-and-coming,pluckymaincharacterdaringtochallengethegodsofoldandshakeupthefoundationsofeverythingonceknown.No,thisisthestoryOFoneofthegodsofold,followingtheirrisefromanobodyinabrandnewuniverse,tothepinnacleofexistence,anameknown,sometimesloved,sometimesfeared,butalwaysrespected,throughoutallofexistence.