Iran the potential for nuclear war Sharia Law the Muslim Brotherhood the Arab Springthe Jihad against Western Civilization blend together in this political thriller. The dystopian novel Hotamah! chronicles the apocalyptic clash of civilizations by Islam to attain world supremacy and domination during the period 1982 to 2045. The novel describes how several Iranian, Israeli and American children, who eventually cross paths in maturity, are influenced by religious fanaticism and its resultant eternal, intolerable wars.