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A Utopia built on Ashes. A Past buried in Lies. One man's desperate jump to save a doomed civilization.
The Year is 1000 (New Era).
The world is perfect. Governed by Projective AI, humanity has finally eradicated war, hunger, and borders. But for Shakil, this perfection is a hollow mask. He is obsessed with the 'Great Filter'-the apocalyptic collapse of 2025 that nearly erased humanity from existence. While society looks forward, Shakil is haunted by the screams of a past he never knew.
The Mission: 2024 Bangladesh.
To save the future, Shakil must confront the past. Using the forbidden 'Chrono-Dive' technology, he rips his consciousness through time, waking up in the body of Faris-an Oxford-educated physicist returning home. In a race against biological rejection, he must navigate a body that isn't his and a world that shouldn't exist.
The Reality: A Nation Rotting from Within.
Faris expected a homecoming; he found a battlefield of the mind. In a world where logic is heresy and corruption is the only currency, he must navigate:

• The Architects of Chaos: Politicians who feast on the poverty of the masses.
• The Merchants of Heaven: "Helicopter Speakers" and fraudulent clerics who have turned faith into a high-stakes business.
• The Silence of Reason: A society where scientific truth is drowned out by the roar of manufactured fanaticism.

The War of Logic.
From using fundamental science to debunk 'miracles' to outmaneuvering his own corrupt lineage, Faris (Shakil) wages a lonely war. But time is bleeding out. As the clock ticks toward the 2025 apocalypse, he realizes a terrifying truth: He is not the only ghost in the machine. Another traveler is here, and their mission is not to save the world-but to ensure it burns.
Why You Must Read This:

• Mind-Bending Sci-Fi: A visceral look at time-travel where consciousness is the only weapon.
• Fearless Social Satire: A razor-sharp critique of contemporary South Asian politics and religious hypocrisy.
• High-Stakes Mystery: A race against time to solve the mystery of the 'Great Filter' before history repeats itself.

The apocalypse is inevitable. The past is unchangeable. Or is it?

Book details

• Full title: Return from Hell
• Subtitle: Witnessing the Apocalypse of 2025
• Author: Shakil Ahmed
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114
• EAN: 9789843587213
• ISBN: 9843587219
• ID: 50472312
• Publisher: Shakil Ahmed
• Weight: 143 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. December 2025

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