The Apocalypse

The world of Damien Ferro is a dangerous place. We are given to understand that, like in the movie The Road Warrior, there was a great nuclear war and as a result the Earth has suffered for it. Damien discovers the truth is even more fantastic. As Humanity was fighting its war so too was Heaven and Hell. Cannibals and mutants now roam free range, and violent gangs ride from city to city in search of gas, oil, food and any clean source of uncontaminated water. Surviving day to day is all anyone can do. Survivors take refuge in what remains of dilapidated cities while others cower in hiding. Trees and vegetation are scarce. The sun beats down on the surface to punish the inhabitants for tearing away some of the Earth's protective atmosphere.

Yes. Heaven and Hell finally had their war. And Earth was the battlefield. As a result there is no longer a Heaven to aspire to, nor a Hell to be condemned to after death. Only Earth.

There were yet a few survivors of the Great Apocalypse of Heaven and Hell. While the remaining forces of Heaven acted against Samael (the Angel of Death) to imprison him and secure their own survival, six demons of Hell fled. The Angels of Heaven perished at Death's sword (Malach Hamavet). But as Samael struck the last of the angels Michael gave his life by enchanting Malach Hamavet into a sleep. Michael knew both Samael and Malach Hamavet were as one and the real source of power was the sword. As Michael died and Death's sword entered sleep Samael posed himself amongst the corpses of the angels into a position of readiness, knowing that someday the sword would awaken and he would resume his task of ridding the Earth of the six demons that had escaped him. Until Death has claimed the spirit of each demon the Earth will remain a desolate wasteland.      


When Damien Ferro encountered the Temple of Death he was fleeing for his life. Malach Hamavet sensed something in him. He had committed many sins himself, but it was the love of Monica that made him want to be a better Human Being. When she was taken from him he wanted more than revenge. He wanted justice. And maybe some sort of peace in the world.

The sword of Death called to Damien Ferro and when he took it in his hand he felt the whole of eternity rush throughout his entire being. In a very painful instant he was transformed into the Angel of Death. Now his soul is inhabited by Samael and Malach Hamavet. And the six demons who escaped Death before know he has awakened in the body of a mortal man.

Additional info Concerning the Apocalypse in Fiction


Numerous societies, including the Babylonian and Judaic traditions, have produced apocalyptic literature and mythology, some of which dealt with the end of the world and of human society. The scriptural story of Noah and his Ark describes the end of a corrupt civilization and its replacement with a remade world. The first centuries AD saw the creation of various apocalyptic works; the best known (due to its inclusion in the New Testament) is the Book of Revelation (from which the word apocalypse originated, meaning "revelation of secrets"), which is replete with prophecies of destruction. In the study of religious works, apocalyptic texts or stories, are those that disclose hidden secrets either by taking an individual literally into the heavens or into the future. Most often these revelations about heaven and the future are used to explain why some currently occurring event is taking place.

The first work of modern apocalyptic fiction in English may be Mary Shelley's 1826 novel The Last Man, in which the last portion becomes the story of a man living in a future world emptied of humanity by plague. Containing recognizable elements of this subgenre, the novel is sometimes considered the first science fiction novel, though that distinction is more often given to Shelley's earlier, more famous novel, Frankenstein.

The period of the Cold War saw increased interest in this subgenre, as the threat of nuclear warfare became real. Paul Brians published Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, a study that examines atomic war in short stories, novels, and films between 1895 and 1984. Since this measure of destruction was no longer imaginary, some of these new works, such as Mordecai Roshwald's Level 7, Nevil Shute's On the Beach and Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon, shun the imaginary science and technology that are the identifying traits of general science fiction. Others include more fantastic elements, such as mutants, alien invaders, or exotic future weapons such as James Axler's Deathlands. A seminal work in this subgenre was Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), in which a recrudescent Church (Catholic or other), pseudo-medieval society, and rediscovery of the knowledge of the pre-holocaust world are central themes. Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker (1980) also has religious or mystical themes. Also, Orson Scott Card's post-apocalyptic anthology The Folk of the Fringe deals with America post nuclear war.

James Howard Kunstler has written a novel World Made By Hand that imagines life in upstate New York after a declining world oil supply has wreaked havoc on the US economy and people and society are forced to adjust to daily life without cheap oil.

David Graham also explored a similar theme in his 1982 book Sidewall in which the world is forced to look for alternatives to oil when OPEC cuts production for political purposes. The story covers the construction of a nuclear powered, near-supersonic ocean-going craft and the attempts to stop it by various terrorist groups and nations in order to keep the world dependent on oil.

Alex Scarrow has written a two-novel series (Book one: Last Light, Book two: Afterlight) about a full-scale disruption to the world's oil supplies, and the fallout effects experienced by the populace. The first novel is set during the initial crisis, while the second is set 10 years after.

The Road Warrior

The world is described as "crumbled and...the cities have exploded"; there have been uprisings and social disorder due to energy shortages; and that "two mighty warrior tribes" had gone to war. The governments attempted to restore order, but life has become a "whirlwind of looting and a firestorm of fear, in which men began to feed on men."