A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear CanadaA dystopia is an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives. It is an imagined place in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. Dystopia is widely seen as the opposite of utopia – a concept coined by Thomas More in 1516 to describe an ideal society. Both topias are common topics in fiction. Dystopia is also referred to as cacotopia or anti-utopia.
WARRIORS OF THE LAST DAYS CANADIAN POST-APOCALYPSE FICTION MAPPED Mapping the End of Canada When we first imagined Warriors of the Last Days, one promise guided the entire project: if the apocalypse came to Canada, it wouldn’t stop at Montreal. Today, we’re excited to unveil one of the project’s most ambitious features: the Story Atlas. The interactive map lets readers explore every location...
Post-Apocalypse Stories in Saskatchewan:Why the Canadian Prairies Are Perfect for the End of the World When readers think of post-apocalyptic fiction, they often imagine the blasted deserts of the American Southwest, ruined megacities, or frozen wastelands somewhere in the far North. Saskatchewan rarely appears on those lists. It should. THE CASE FOR POST-APOCALYPSE FICTION IN SASKATCHEWAN: The...
The Exodus Is Here: Warriors of the Last Days, Book II The wait is over. The Exodus is here, the second volume in Stéphane Roy’s post-apocalyptic series Warriors of the Last Days, is now available worldwide in epub, trade paperback, and hardcover.THE EXODUS: In a flooded portion of post-apocalyptic Montreal, survivors navigate shifting, predatory infrastructure and psychic “Glowers” toward...
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction in the Yukon: Survival at the Edge of the Map When readers picture the apocalypse, they tend to picture cities. New York buried in ash. Los Angeles consumed by drought. Chicago frozen beneath snow. The Yukon offers something different. Not a civilization transformed by collapse, but a place where the conditions collapse creates already exist. Vast distances between...
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Set in Montreal: From Surréal 3000 to Today Most post-apocalyptic fiction takes place somewhere else. The American Southwest. Small towns in the Midwest. Anonymous ruins that could belong to almost any city. Montreal rarely appears on lists of famous apocalypse settings, yet it may be one of the most naturally suited cities in North America for stories about collapse. It...
Editing: How Émile was born BORN IN EDITING Some characters arrive fully formed. Others have to fight their way into the story. Émile was never supposed to matter this much. In the earliest drafts of Exodus, he was a tertiary character whose primary purpose was practical. He was young, enthusiastic, and knew Francon well enough to explain things to Andy. He appeared in a handful of scenes...
EXPLORE THE WARRIORS OF THE LAST DAYS UNIVERSE Warriors of the Last Days is an intense dystopian series set in post-nuclear Canada. We explore the collapse in every province and territory through novels and short stories, after an event called the Light, and its subsequent effects, the Collapse. This is the Warriors Universe (So far). A Story for Every Corner of Canada Warriors of the Last Days...
Canada Stories by Region From Coasts to Pages:Post-Apocalypse Canada in a nutshell This world is Canada like you’ve never seen it before. The apocalypse came. What it left behind is a profound transformation of what Canada means and ever meant. On this page, we list the already written and planned novels happening in the various provinces and territories of Canada.You may visit the short...
SHORT STORIES: THE TALES OF THE LAST DAYS Canada is a vast country with a short memory. But it now has short stories! These short stories remember. Set in every province and territory, each short stories are rooted in the specific history, geography, and mythology of the place it inhabits. Warriors of the Last Days, its novels and short stories, are building a Canadian mythology that does not...
REVIEWS & TESTIMONIALS THE REFUSALTHE EXODUSTHE DRIFTTHE SPARK What our readers say about The Refusal “This is a high-concept, brutal, and intellectually honest piece of speculative fiction. It feels like “The Handmaid’s Tale” directed by David Cronenberg inside a Borg Cube.” I loved reading this. It is ambitious, original, and humane in the middle of systems...
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.