Dread: Book 1

A forgotten prophecy marks Jabulani, a boy born into a world reshaped by gods, memory, and divine systems known as Domains. In this new era, essence-the raw spiritual force of existence-flows not from belief but from knowledge. And Jabulani? He knows too much. Hunted by forces older than history, he and his friends-Suyana, Calix, and Wendell-unearth the buried truth behind Subjecthood, memory, and the dark politics of the gods. Back on Earth, Jabulani enters a seemingly normal school life-only to find that even his classroom has become a battleground where mortal politics and divine schemes collide. The gods have returned-not to be worshiped, but to seize control. But this time, a mortal child might remember too much. This is the story of how humanity created the Garden of Eden.