A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear CanadaFLIN FLON MANITOBA 1. Mining History & Environment Origins The emergence of Flin Flon traces back to the early 20th century. Discovery of gold around Amisk Lake in 1910 drew prospectors across Canada, the first major gold find west of the Ontario border since the Klondike. In 1915, pioneer prospectors Tom Creighton and David Collins found the massive Flin Flon copper-zinc ore body, shifting...
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DETAILED CHARACTER COMPENDIUM BY NOVELS THE REFUSALTHE EXODUSTHE DRIFTTHE SPARK THE REFUSAL CHARACTER COMPENDIUM MAIN CHARACTERS 1. Una — The protagonist; a young woman raised in an underground cave who is captured, subjected to the Stadium’s Ordeals, escapes through the tunnels, survives RESO’s underground city, and ultimately walks the highways alone. 2. Prester John — The primary...
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...
MOOD BOARD & INSPIRATIONS WARRIORS OF THE LAST DAYS MOOD BOARD The visual identity for Warriors of the Last Days is anchored in the brutal reality of an urban collapse. It rejects high-tech, polished dystopian aesthetics in favor of a heavy, tactile, and rusted world. Through a palette of ash and oxidized metal, stripped-down utilitarian typography, and visceral, gritty textures, the design...
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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...
CITIES & LOCATIONS Across the ruins of Canada, the cities of Warriors of the Last Days stand as islands of fragile order in a continent that has largely fallen silent. Each one is different. Some cling to old infrastructure and bureaucratic systems that survived the collapse. Others are fortified enclaves built around resources, trade routes, or sheer necessity. A few have become strange...
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...
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.