Kyle Rayner never asked to be a hero. But a chance encounter with an extraterrestrial leaves him in possession of a powerful weapon in the form of a ring. With godlike abilities and a new name--Green Lantern--Kyle becomes a super hero and a member of the Justice League.But when he arrives at League headquarters to find his teammates missing, his investigation into their disappearance leads him on a journey unlike any he,or anyone else, has ever experienced before. Traveling to the end of space itself, where the universe is in the process of coming into existence, Green Lantern must unravel a strange series of secrets before he and the Justice League are annihilated--along with every living creature in the universe!

I willed the ring to carry me in the direction from which I'd come. I passed through the globe without effort and continued away from it, moving toward the hole I'd made in the barrier, buffeted by hurricaneforce winds rushing through the hole into space. I put a bubble around myself, trapping some of the air inside, and then the winds didn't buffet me anymore.

I had no idea how long it had been since I'd started chasing the vanishing planet, nor even any clear idea of how long it had been since I'd left Earth. Years?Days? Tune was becoming elusive and almost meaningess.

The hole in the barrier was enlarging and other holes were appearing. The entire thing was cracking,fragmenting, the pieces drifting into space, pushed by what was left of the Oan atmosphere.

I felt a great weariness. I didn't just want to sleep---I wanted not to be. That was the Oan plan for me, and for everyone else, and I thought, Okay, bring it on.