Fed up with the breakneck pace and self-centered focus of modern society, Justin Lockwood takes the bold step of leaving it all behind in favor of the wild outdoors. Little does he know, there will be nothing for him to come back to. Led by an eccentric park ranger and his hybrid pet, Justin and the companions he meets along the way find themselves enmeshed in an ancient web of mystery and mythology, where the past and present collide at the end of this age of humanity. How It Came To Be, the first book in the series, serves as the prologue to the creation of The Vox Medio, humanity's blueprint for the new age. This has all happened before; it is now up to us to make sure it never happens again.