At the End of the World: Notes on a 1941 Murder Rampage in the Arctic and the Threat of Religious Extremism, Loss of Indigenous Culture, and Danger of Digital Life

In 1941, a meteor shower in the Arctic led to chaos as two Inuit proclaimed themselves Jesus Christ and God, leading to violence against those who didn't believe. This event is the backdrop of At the End of the World, a novel that explores the growing dawn of the digital era and warns against the erosion of humanity and the destruction of the environment. The story also examines issues such as generational trauma, systemic racism, the perilous passage from the natural to the digital world, and what it means to be human in a time of technological dominance and climate disasters.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2023
Publisher: Trinity University Press,U.S.

In a remote corner of the Arctic in 1941, a meteor shower flashed across the sky for an unusually long time, leading one of the local Inuit to proclaim himself Jesus Christ, while another proclaimed himself God. Anyone who didn't believe in them was deemed Satan, resulting in violence.

At the End of the World is not just a remarkable story of a series of murders that occurred on the Belcher Islands, a group of wind-blasted rocks in Canada's Hudson Bay. It is also a starting point for a deeper cultural exploration. Against the backdrop of the murders, which highlight the fact that senseless violence in the name of religion is not a contemporary phenomenon and that even seemingly peaceful people like the Inuit can turn to chaos at the hands of one person's delusion, Millman addresses the burgeoning dawn of the digital era, following the murders' trail to show how our obsession with screens is not unlike a cult and offering a warning cry against the erosion of humanity and the destruction of the environment.

The story becomes a confluence of the consequences of generational trauma, outside religious evangelism, systemic racism against indigenous people, the perilous passage from the natural to the digital world, and what it means to be human in a time of technological dominance and climate disasters.

At the End of the World, available for the first time in paperback, is not a straightforward tale of true crime but an examination of many of the issues that have become dominant in the global conversation. In snippets of reflection, Millman asks us to look north for answers to many of the questions we all hold, literally, in our hands.

Weight: 274g
Dimension: 138 x 274 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781595349989