A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear CanadaNova Scotia is a province in the Maritimes region of Canada, located on the nation’s east coast. With an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2026, Nova Scotia is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. Nova Scotia is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and the second-smallest province by area. The province comprises the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island, as well as 3,800 other coastal islands. The province is connected to the rest of Canada by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province’s sole land border, with New Brunswick, is located.
Meat Cove, the October short story in Warriors of the Last Days series, is a standalone horror set in Meat Cove, Nova Scotia, out October 1, after apocalypse. A hungry traveler stumbles onto village, meets a woman named Margaret, and shares a meal. Free for newsletter subscribers, it is available for $0.99 on Kobo.
In Nova Scotia, collapse rearranges society along the coast. Maritime storms, tides, and fragile supply lines compress survival into fishing villages and forested interior towns.
The road really ends at Meat Cove - the northernmost community in Nova Scotia, and the real setting of a short story arriving this Halloween. Some places seem to wait for a horror story.
A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear Canada
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.