The Awakening

In the year 2525, an old man dictates his memoirs. "My awakening began when I was fifteen years old …"

He was born Tel of Wolf Run, younger son of Greatbeard Arn, the wolf baron. He grew up in a camp of mountain raiders who preyed on the vestiges of civilization in a collapsed world. As a teenager, he was to endure a solitary trek across an infinity of blinding snow and biting ice, and to find refuge in a remote sanctuary where a new way of life was being taught, a way of life meant to change—and to save—the world …

Is humanity doomed to repeat the age-old cycle of the rise and fall of nations, taking a step backward for every two steps gained, never reaching its potential? Or could there be another path, one that offers a brighter promise?

Can we hope for … The Awakening?

Michael Prescott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty novels of suspense. This 30,000-word novella stands on its own, but also continues the future-history saga that began with 2125.