Les Xipéhuz

A prehistoric nomadic people encounter mysterious luminous cone-, cylinder- and plate-like entities that behave with selective, intelligence-like agency, wounding or killing some while sparing others. Religious leaders interpret the phenomenon as divine, demand offerings, and convene a ritual expedition that escalates into a broad military mobilization involving many tribes. Repeated clashes reveal the entities as nonorganic opponents that defy familiar tactics, prompting technological and strategic adaptations alongside moral and theological debate. The narrative alternates vivid encounters and mass movements with reflective passages on the nature of life, the limits of ritual authority, and collective human responses to an incomprehensible adversary.