The End of the World... Again or Hitbodedut, Book Zero: The Prequel

"The End of the World… Again," is a series of stories (I recommend you read them in order) involving diverse characters and situations woven around geomagnetic pole reversal events and considers what it will mean to humankind when it next occurs. The epic adventure contrasts a Neolithic society with a, slightly dystopian, near future culture as they struggle to cope with pole reversal events. Both cultures fall heavily on their faith to explain the calamity that has befallen them.

Book 0, "The Prequel," takes the reader into the political dealings of a Neolithic culture where the "enlightened" path conflicts with the old ways of proven leadership. The story sets the stage for the series by introducing characters and situations that play critical parts in the saga's foundation. The book chronicles the struggle of an apprentice shaman to overcome the corrupt dealings of the 'new path' in order to preserve sacred writings and proven cultural norms. The "scrolls" speak cryptically of their miraculous tribal history and foretell of the "one" yet to be born who shall understand all that is written. Until that time, the scrolls remain misunderstood dogma of rituals and traditions that challenge all who read them.