ማዕበል የአብዮት መባቻ

Maebel: Ye'Abiot Mebacha (ማዕበል የአብዮት መባቻ — translated as "The Flood: The Dawn of the Revolution")

is the second volume of Berhanu Zerihun’s highly acclaimed historical trilogy. Serving as a crucial bridge between Ye'Abiot Wazema (The Eve) and Ye'Abiot Magist (The Day After), this novel captures the explosive, immediate outbreak of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution. Written with masterfully sharp social observation, the story dramatizes the sudden collapse of imperial feudal authority, the rising tide of student and military unrest, and the chaotic ideological battles that reshaped the destiny of the nation.