Synopsis

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