The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

In order to frame the issues of the future, the creator of the immensely popular and critically acclaimed podcast Hardcore History examines some of the cataclysmic moments from history.

Do adversity make individuals stronger? Is it possible for humanity to withstand the might of its weapons without going extinct? When will human technology and abilities reach their pinnacle or decline? While nobody is more fascinating in posing these questions than Dan Carlin, nobody is more knowledgeable about the answers.

Dan Carlin examines issues and historical occurrences in The End is Always Near that make us think about something that seems like science fiction: the possibility that we will meet the same end as all other civilizations. Will our planet ever become a ruin that can be excavated and studied by upcoming archaeologists? The questions themselves resemble something from The Twilight Zone and are intellectual.

Dan Carlin weaves a vibrant and intriguing web connecting the past and future with his signature storytelling, history, and oddity. Simultaneously, the most pressing matter conceivable is raised by the concerns he poses to us: human survival. The problem has hovered over humanity like a persistent Sword of Damocles, threatening everything from the end of the Bronze Age to the difficulties of the nuclear era.

The End is Always Near, which was inspired by his podcast, questions our perceptions of the past and of ourselves. Carlin takes readers on an exciting journey with brand-new stories and shocking revelations in this captivating collection. The End is Always Near is an idiosyncratic and intellectual work that explores eccentric but deep subjects. It makes the past immediately relevant to our unstable present.