"Fascinating...an emotionally compelling, action-packed plot...The first installment of an intense, philosophical sci-fi series."–Kirkus Reviews

It begins...
On a planet called Amular at the edge of The Great Coma Wall an alien race called the Loud make contact through Captain Maximus changing his life, his species and his world forever.

Perpetual youth... Immortality...
The world shattering impact and political upheaval caused by the alien contact is only exceeded by what happens when the Loud bestow the gifts they bring.

Scientists are replaced by something amazing... Time is redefined...
Then an unexpected discovery: something has been coming across the observable universe since the dawn of time and now it is upon them. As the mind-boggling truth is uncovered, it becomes clear that this new alien force intends to destroy Amular while on its way to a far more devastating objective.

A black hole comes at the speed of light...
Neither the Loud nor the Amular's inhabitants can hope to stop this force and there is no negotiating, no surrender and nowhere to run or hide.

A science fiction odyssey...
The cycle of universes: big bang, expansion, big freeze, death and then it starts over. Universe after universe, a cycle that has endured for time without end. But something has gone wrong–an increasing number of universes are ending prematurely–the cycle is becoming unstable.

Existence itself is threatened...
An advanced species discovers what is happening and finds a way to send a warning forward through time into future universes. Eventually, in another universe, another advanced species finds the warning. They in turn send a desperate fix into the next universe–our universe.

An exponential step beyond anything before it...
In ships powered by black holes an immortal species as old as time is chased between the galactic super clusters and across the known universe. Forged in the fires of the early universe, their scientific journey completed, they know everything... including the great enigma...the reason why we and the universe exist.