This is the first three chapters from the fifth book in the eight-book series. The two Final Gate books occur after the Scout Report three, and are followed by the Lost Oracle three (not yet published). This book is slated to be self-published in a few days. The general plot is described in the Preface (which was somewhat hijacked, by the way), and the Introduction. In a nutshell, it turns out that Universes are the dead carcasses of heavenly beings that were cast out of some sort of heaven. Life as we know it? Part of the decay process--bacteria growing on a corpse that yet contains a bit of usable energy. What to do about a multitude of dead Universes? Wheels are in motion.