Fortunes Rise and Fall

The sunlight fades, and our wandering begins. Are we a fallen high-dimensional civilization, weak and pitiful specks of dust, or a necessary stage in the evolution of countless living beings? Endless drifting, cold, darkness, extinction. The instinct to survive drives civilization onward, leaving a tiny yet brilliant mark in the vastness of the universe. Through rise and fall, we have already crossed beyond.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.