A Novel of Cosmic Destiny and Human Endurance
What if the end of the universe was only the beginning of our final purpose?
In the far future, when the Sun has swollen into a dying red giant and the last forty-seven humans cling to existence in the ruins of Earth's last outpost, Dr. Kira Chen-Okafor discovers a horrifying truth: humanity is not alone in the universe—but it is the final life to emerge. Across trillions of years, every other civilization has faded, leaving only humanity to witness the cosmic dusk.
But extinction is not random. A mysterious force is harvesting consciousness, orchestrating the deaths of whole species and stars, and now it has come for Earth. As the universe itself transforms, the survivors face revelations that break the boundary between science and myth: failed expeditions were not lost—they were absorbed. Bacterial life, digital archives, and stellar physics converge into a cosmic network, wrapping every remnant mind into the awakening of something unimaginably vast.