A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear CanadaPost-Apocalyptic Fiction explores what remains after collapse — when cities fracture, institutions harden, and survival becomes both physical and moral. These stories unfold in the aftermath of nuclear war, ecological disaster, systemic failure, or engineered control, following characters who navigate scarcity, power structures, shifting environments, and the fragile persistence of memory.
Set in ruined metropolises, isolated settlements, hostile microclimates, and reclaimed territories, post-apocalyptic narratives examine how societies reorganize under pressure. They question authority, adaptation, resilience, and the cost of order in a broken world. From intimate survival dramas to large-scale institutional dystopias, this genre confronts what humanity becomes when the systems meant to protect it have collapsed — or calcified into something far more dangerous.
Explore novels and stories that blend survival, resistance, ecological tension, and speculative world-building in landscapes reshaped by catastrophe.
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...
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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...
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TRADES & HARDCOVERS NOW AVAILABLE The first book in the series, The Refusal, depicts a desolate post-nuclear landscape. TRADES & HARDCOVERS Now Available Through BookVault We’ve partnered with BookVault to handle the printing and fulfillment of Warriors of the Last Days trade paperbacks and hardcovers. This allows us to offer professionally printed editions with streamlined ordering...
The Toe: a Sourtoe Cocktail fiction The world of Warriors of the Last Days is post-nuclear Canada. The Collapse took the banks, the governments, the infrastructure, and most of what people had built their lives around. What it didn’t take, what it couldn’t take, were the things people held onto because letting go wasn’t an option. The Sourdough Saloon in Dawson City is still...
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.