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    Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse

    John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm The post Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse appeared first on Nautilus.
    by Nick Hilden Jan 03, 2025 2 minutes

    Novelist John Larison does not have an incrementalist view of change. His latest novel The Ancients suggests that the very fabric and foundation of a society can become so poisoned that it cannot solve its own problems in any lasting way without tearing that society down entirely and starting from scratch.

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