Nothing supernatural happens. That's what makes it terrifying.
When a series of terror attacks disrupts global normalcy, there are no miracles, no visions, no unmistakable voice of God-only interpretation. Religious leaders rush to explain what the events "mean." Governments follow. The public obeys, and those just trying to survive become the very monsters they feared the most.
Belief hardens into law. Doubt becomes a threat. Neutrality is treated as betrayal.
As Christian and Muslim power blocs form and morality is enforced through policy, surveillance, and public punishment, violence spreads without a single divine command. Executions are framed as justice. Martyrdom is celebrated. Children are raised to die convinced that they are righteous.
At the center of the collapse is You, an ordinary civilian who opened their eyes before anyone else. What the world calls revelation is human certainty amplified by fear, media, and authority. The apocalypse is not imposed from above-it is constructed from below, by us.
Wake Up is a stark, contemporary novel about faith stripped of spectacle, belief weaponised into power, and the terrifying ease with which ordinary people justify cruelty once they stop questioning their own righteousness. It asks a dangerous question for the modern world:
What happens when God stays silent-and humans refuse to? When do we wake up?
