"And the earth was filled with violence." --Genesis 6:11 Its 1655 years after Eden, and life on earth has already gone to hell. The world of man is a place of wanton cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric monsters and stone-age marauders roam the land. Murder and destruction are the rule of the day. Humankind is a failed experiment. This is life before the Flood. The story of man on the verge of his first apocalypse. Welcome to the world of THE GODDAMNED. Writer Jason Aaron & artist r.m.Guéra, the creators of the seminal crime series Scalped, reunite for a new ongoing series of stark and brutal biblical noir. Collecting issues 1 through 5.