Goodreads asked Derek Vasconi:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Derek Vasconi I've always wanted to tell an apocalyptic story that didn't depend on religion or Christ coming down from heaven or all the other usual end of the world tropes that TV and movies have abused for decades. I always wondered... what if there was an existence of species well before time was written about by humans, and this species that pre-dated our own threatened our existence to such a degree that it would be inevitable we all would die? All except maybe a few? And then what if none of it mattered because it was all a cycle of evolution? Or something like this?
It's a pretty epic concept that hinges on a lot of things happening, and I've got it all outlined, but as the writing progresses, I'm finding even more stories to tell within the umbrella concept of this whole crazy end of the world scenario.

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