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.
Sample Questions and Answers QUESTIONS What was the initial ‘spark’ or image that started this story? Good question! The first image that ever came to me about this story, back when it was the germ of an idea, was the mushroom shaped splashing tear from the prologue. It stayed with me for decades. Managed to put it in a film, not to the extent I would have like, then put it back in...
WARRIORS OF THE LAST DAYS POST-APOCALYPTIC SERIES Warriors of the Last Days is a dystopian post-apocalyptic speculative fiction series set in a devastated Canada, with each city revealing a different face of collapse, adaptation, and control, often in relation to their local specificity and history. It explores the people and communities that remain: how they adapted to catastrophe, how they...
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MONTRÉAL, CITY OF THE LAST DAYS Warriors of the Last Days unfolds in a post-nuclear Canada, a fractured landscape where cities, highways, and forgotten infrastructure have been reshaped by a post-nuclear collapse. What remains of the country is scattered across isolated settlements, drifting communities, and territories claimed by the ruins themselves. The series follows the slow rediscovery of...
Glossary of Key Terms Our Glossary presents key terms in the universe of Warriors of the Last Days. We tried to give you a description of what matters for each novels. THE REFUSALTHE EXODUSTHE DRIFTTHE SPARK Acedian The Acedian refers to a massive, gelatinous entity inhabiting the submerged Beaudy metro station, symbolizing ultimate stagnation and dissolution. It lures victims with a calming...
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INDIVIDUAL NOVELS & CURRENT SERIES PROGRESS The Route So Far Stories rarely appear all at once. They are built piece by piece, like a long line stretching across unknown territory. This page tracks that journey. Warriors of the Last Days is not a single novel but an evolving saga set across the entire country of Canada, in each province and territory. THE REFUSALTHE EXODUSTHE DRIFTTHE...
FEELING READY: MAKING PROGRESS There is something exciting about how the body feels when you know you are close to something. Close to the finish line, close to finishing the manuscript. We just completed The Lullaby: A Song for the Last Days, inspired by the music video we recently edited, set in the Warriors of the Last Days universe. As usual, it was meant to start as one thing, some sort of...
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.