A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear Canada
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.It was separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada’s political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland (known as Newfoundland and Labrador since December 6, 2001) was admitted in 1949.
A writer's self‑imposed challenge: craft stories set in Canada's strangest places, from the 31‑letter Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake to the two‑exclamation‑mark Saint‑Louis‑du‑Ha! Ha!. Each tale must live in a post‑nuclear landscape, letting the odd name shape the narrative. The project began as a lark and grew into a map of forgotten towns, ghost towns, and mythic sites.
In Nunavut, the question isn't how to rebuild civilization - the people on the land never left. When southern systems disappear, survival knowledge that predates them stays.
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.