
NOMI
by: STÉPHANE C. ROY
Months after civilization collapses, Nomi arrives outside the walls of a maximum-security prison carrying a shotgun and a singular purpose: to free her husband.
- ENGLISH
- CANADA
Description:
The second prequel, Nomi, bridges the period between the apocalypse and the events of the novel itself.
Months after civilization collapses, Nomi arrives outside the walls of a maximum-security prison carrying a shotgun and a singular purpose: to free her husband.
It is a striking reversal of conventional prison narratives. Usually, prison stories begin with confinement. Nomi begins with a voluntary attempt to enter one of the most dangerous places left on Earth.
Outside the walls lies an irradiated, shattered Canada. Inside waits a prison population abandoned for months. The question is not simply whether she can get in. It is whether she can survive what she finds there.
Reader's Review:
This is a tightly controlled post-apocalyptic procedural with a strong central character and a clear sense of escalation. Nomi comes across as competent without being written as invulnerable, and the story does a good job making her preparation, reconnaissance, training, and tactical thinking feel like character rather than merely exposition. The notebook entries are particularly effective because they give the otherwise very restrained protagonist a private emotional register. The relationship with Clarence is established economically, and the fact that she keeps moving toward Millhaven despite having no confirmation that he is alive gives the story its emotional engine.
Author Details:
STÉPHANE C. ROY
Stéphane Roy is a lifelong reader and writer with a deep love for science fiction, apocalyptic worlds, and tightly constructed mysteries. This is his first novel. He lives in the Yukon with his dog and his aquarium, where long winters, silence, and wide, sometimes glowing, skies leave plenty of room for imagining the end of the world, and what might come after it. He is also waiting, with cautious optimism, for the aliens to finally reveal themselves and straighten us all out.
More books by STÉPHANE C. ROY:

CURSED

PECHBLENDE

QUADRIPED

THE MOVIE

TORONTO SEWER MONSTER

MOLYBDENUM

THE OLD HAG

COLE’S TYPE

THE NEWLYWEDS

GOING POSTAL

COLE’S TRAIN

COLE’S CALL

THE HEARTBREAK

COLE’S WAY

WHITE RAVEN

THE STONE

DEFROCKED

SANDRINE

THE HONEYMOON

THE STEPMOTHER

THE MOTHER

THE KRAKEN

THE BUCCANEERS

THE ANCHOR

THE HOLY SEA

THE SIREN

POST-MARKED: MAIL ORDER BRIDES

POST-MORTEM

COLE’S TIME

COLE’S SHOULDER

COLE’S RUN

SHIELDS OF THE NORTH

VICTORIA, NEWFOUNDLAND

VICTORIA ISLAND

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

POST-DATED

THE DIVE

THE STORM

THE TARGET

THE DRAINING

THE RED HILLS

THE SHIELD

ALERT

NEON WINTER

THE LONG-TAILED BEAST

COLE’S GIRL

COLE’S POND

COLE’S FEAR

THE RIDE

PIE IN THE SKY

THE DATE

ANTIBIOTIC ITERATION

NIGHT OF THE LIVING TOES

THE WALLED CITY

THE TREK

DISCOLOURATION

THE NETWORK

OGOPOGO/N’HA-A-ITK

MOKSGM’OL

HAIDA GWAII

SOPHISM

THE ORPHAN

THE NURSE

THE BRIDGE

RED

THE HILL

THE FLESHING

THE DAM BUILDERS

VICTORIA-BY-THE-SEA

THE SPUD

THE FAMINE

THE QALUPALIK

THE KINGZ DAUGHTERS

TIRED

SAINTE-ANNE

THE SILENCE

THE BORE

ULRIC THE GREAT

CRITICAL WEATHER REPORT

THE SEWER

THE CARRIONS

JOB HUNTING

CORNY

THE APOTHECARY

SOPH

DEAD WATER

THE WHALE

TUCKER

SANDRINE’S CROSSING

IJIRAIT: TOO FAR NORTH

SUNLESS CITY

THE EXPECTED

FLIN FLON’S HOLE

TOWING THE LINE

THE SAHTUGOT

ADLIVUN

MEAT COVE

TRIOXIDE

COBB

CLARENCE

THE STILLNESS

REGINA: QUEEN CITY

THE LEGACY

SPECIAL DELIVERY

RIBS – A TALE OF THE LAST DAYS

THE HUNGER

THE WOLF

THE VALLEY

BERNA

THE SECRET

THE COLONEL

ZONING WARS

THANKSGIVING APPERCEPTION

THE PEN PUSHERS

THE LULLABY

THE CARVER & THE STONE

HEADING WEST

RENÉE FROM THE SUMP

THE PENGUINS

THE SUB

OSMIUM

THE TOE

GLOOSCAP: THE AWAKENING

THE SHEPHERDESS

LIGHTS OUT

ANTITHESES

EASTERN LIGHTS

THE DAM

WATERLAND

THE MAILMAN

COLE’S LAW

THE WEDDING

THE DELIVERY

THE BUNKER

SHALLOW GRAVE

THE CHEMIST

THE MISSION

ENGORGED

FUNGI

OF MARSH AND MEN: CHIGNECTO SEA

A MARI USQUE AD MARE COMPILATION IV

THE LONG LIGHT

THE TRAIL

COLE’S WAR

DOMINION OF DAMNATION

POTATO WARS

THE LONG WALK: STEEL MIGRATION

ICE-GRITTERS

SLIMED

CORNERED

THE MALL

FOG-BLEEDERS

TALES OF THE LAST DAYS VOLUME I

THE FINAL QUARTET

A MARI USQUE AD MARE COMPILATION VI

A MARI USQUE AD MARE COMPILATION III

A MARI USQUE AD MARE COMPILATION II

A MARI USQUE AD MARE CYCLE I COMPILATION

LAST PROTOCOL

MILE ZERO

THE MAID

COLD STORAGE

THE FRONT

THE LAST ISLANDS

DEATH ROW

TETRALOGY BUNDLE

THE SPARK

DAY OF THE CHRYSALIDS

IRON SHEPHERDS

THE DRIFT

THE EXODUS






Stéphane Roy is a lifelong reader and writer with a deep love for science fiction, apocalyptic worlds, and tightly constructed mysteries. This is his first novel. He lives in the Yukon with his dog and his aquarium, where long winters, silence, and wide, sometimes glowing, skies leave plenty of room for imagining the end of the world, and what might come after it. He is also waiting, with cautious optimism, for the aliens to finally reveal themselves and straighten us all out.