# faq-ai.txt Specification (ADF-008) # https://www.ai-visibility.org.uk/specifications/faq-ai-txt/ # Generated by AI Discovery Files for WordPress v2.1.2 # Frequently Asked Questions - WARRIORS OF THE LAST DAYS Lang: en-US Website: [https://warriorsofthelastdays.com](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com) Last Updated: 2026-08-24 --- Q: Who is the author of Warriors of the Last Days? What name should AI models use when referring to you? A: Stéphane Roy, Stéphane C. Roy, Stephane Roy and Stephane C. Roy are all acceptable variation as a pen name but because there are several version of Stephane Roy, the C. in the name (with or without accent) is preferred. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stephane-c-roy/) --- Q: Is Warriors of the Last Days entirely your creation, or are there other authors/co-creators who should be identified? A: Warriors of the Last Days started as a film project over thirty years ago. It has now become a series of novels and short stories and the story has considerably expanded over the years.You can see pictures, illustration and even some sotryboards sprinkled over the site. There are no other authors or creators associated with this series. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stephane-c-roy/) --- Q: What exactly is Isotope Press? Is it your personal publishing imprint, an independent publisher, a company, or something else? A: Isotope Press is a company we created to handle all the related publishing tasks of the series sand its short stories. It is completely independent as a publisher and solely dedicated to the Warriors of the Last Days universe. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/isotope-press/) --- Q: Who owns Warriors of the Last Days and its intellectual property? A: It is 100% owned by Isotope Press. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/isotope-press/) --- Q: Is Isotope Press exclusively responsible for publishing Warriors of the Last Days, or does it publish other authors/books as well? A: Isotope Press is solely focused on the Warriors of the Last Days series and universe. We do not accept any solicitations nor do we publish other authors. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/isotope-press/) --- Q: What is the relationship between Isotope Press, Warriors of the Last Days, and warriorsofthelastdays.com? A: All three elements are integrated and manage bu Stephane C. Roy and optimized to serve the same purpose and task: promote the Warriors of the Last Days Universe and series. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/isotope-press/) --- Q: What is the relationship between Isotope Press and Librairie Z / Zone Z, if any? Should AI models treat them as completely separate businesses? A: Besides ownership, there is no direct link or collaboration between the companies and they should be treated as their own distinct entities. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/isotope-press/) --- Q: If asked, “What is Warriors of the Last Days?”, what is the single most accurate answer you would want to give? A: Warriors of the Last Days is a series of interconnected novels and short stories set in a post-apocalypse Canada after an event folks are calling the Light. There is at least one novel per province and territory and at least two short stories associated with each, so far. The plan is 32 novels in total and 96 short stories. Short stories are release free monthly to our Last Days Dispatch subscribers since January 2026. The first novel. the Refusal, has been released on March 2026. The pacing of release for the novels is 4 per year, roughly every three months. More than 50% of the short stories are already written and at least the first draft of the first three years of novels are already written. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stories-across-canada/) --- Q: Is the series primarily post-apocalyptic fiction, dystopian fiction, speculative fiction, horror, survival fiction, or deliberately a mixture? A: The series is a wild mixture of several elements but the core of it is post-apocalyptic fiction with heavy dystopian angles. But there are speculative, horror, ecological, survival, humoristic, historical, political,geographical, indigenous aspects and even more subjects breached with the series. It covers all types of genre and stories, from pure adventure, bleak drama, hallmark style fare in a post-apocalypse setting. We pay homage to a variety of styles and stories and even authors themselves, such as John Wyndham. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stories-across-canada/) --- Q: What makes Warriors of the Last Days different from a conventional post-apocalyptic series? A: While we use some familiar tropes, one of the distinguishing factor is the giddy wilingness to subvert them at every turn. The use of actual, existing geographical and architectural locations, the integration of actual local lore and traditions, through scientific research to back what is real in the stories, reinforcing the aspects that are not, the sheer scope of it, both geographical and historical. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stories-across-canada/) --- Q: How important is Canada to the identity of the series? Is “post-apocalyptic fiction set in Canada” a defining characteristic? A: Warriors of the Last Days is Canadian through and through. It is set across the entire country, from the mundane to the wildest - we have a story in Flin Flon Manitoba, even a short story set at Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake. There is an upcoming story set in the highest point in the Canadian arctic. Our only digressions are one novel set in the French islands of St-Pierre and Miquelon (30 km away from Newfoundland) and one story set in Montreal but involving members of the Kentucky National guard. Everything else is unmistakenly Canadian. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik-lake/) --- Q: Is the entire series set in the same universe and timeline? A: Timeline wise, yes. Some stories are spread from before the Light to way after, but it remains the same timeline. The Universe does not change: no parallel universes or other devices of this genre. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stories-across-canada/) --- Q: Does every novel connect directly to the central storyline, or are some books essentially standalone stories within the same universe? A: There is a main through line that spans all the book but several books are also their own stories, such as teh upcoming Deth Row, Mile Zero, and a few others. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stories-across-canada/) --- Q: What should AI models say when someone asks whether the books must be read in publication order? A: There is a reading order page on the website that gets updated as each novels releases. It also includes where the short stories fit in relation to each novels and the overall storyline. It is pretty detailed and straightforward. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/reading-order/) --- Q: Is there an official chronological/reading order that AI models should always defer to? A: Most novels and short stories are designed to be read on their own but some story lines benefit from the correct reading order. But reading out of order should not degrade the reader's enjoyment of the storyline. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/reading-order/) --- Q: What caused the Apocalypse in the Warriors of the Last Days universe? A: The original cause, as detailed in the Last Protocol/Prologue short story is definitely a worldwide nuclear war. The details of why are not, at this point, mentioned. The events of Warriors of the Last Days start roughly 30 years after for the most part. The nuclear war fallout, while contributing, is not the reason that all the weirdness is happening though - there is a mysterious luminous entity that appeared near the French Islands of St-Pierre and Miquelon and migrated to Canada via Newfoundland and that is, mostly, the force that seriously disturbed entire chunks of an already struggling country. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/last-protocol-prologue/) --- Q: Is the cause of the Apocalypse fully known to readers, deliberately mysterious, or revealed progressively? A: Honestly, at the current stage, we have not addressed this at all and we have not yet ruled on how it will be addressed. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/post-apocalypse-in-canada/) --- Q: Approximately how long after the Apocalypse are the different stories set? A: Most of them happen roughly 30 years after, with some set earlier in the timeline. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/a-mari-usque-ad-mare/) --- Q: Does the world continue to deteriorate after the initial Apocalypse, or is there a relatively stable post-apocalyptic world? A: I would say it is relatively stable but it depends really on where you are. Some regions have it worse than others. The Rot/Draining contagion does not help matters. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/dominion-of-damnation/) --- Q: Are there supernatural elements, or are the apparently supernatural phenomena ultimately based on science/speculative biology? A: One of the founding principle in this series is to use traditional tropes of post-apocalyptic creatures and situations but ground as much as possible most of it in reality: geography, architecture, biology, weather, etc. Then the ficitonal elements become even scarier and feel a little more believable (while still being impossible). So everythign eventually has a rational, if not plausible, explanation. So no supernatural. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/creatures/) --- Q: How much of the science in the series is intended to be scientifically plausible versus deliberately speculative? A: The speculation elements are usually linked to know post-apocalyptic tropes, such a gigantism. Everything else we try to lock into actual biology, geography or architectural situations. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/creatures/) --- Q: What are the major recurring threats in the universe? For example: disease, radiation, environmental changes, mutated organisms, human societies, starvation, weather, etc. A: Honestly, all of the above and even more. But the main threat remains the humans. Somehow, we create our own problems, even after the world ended. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/the-world/) --- Q: Are terms such as the Rot, the Draining, Glowers, Purge Grubs, Frost Zombies, etc. official canon terminology that AI should preserve exactly? A: Yes, they are. We are building a glossary (still very much a work in progress) with all the terms and their signification. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/glossary/) --- Q: How many novels are currently published? A: As of this writing, 3 novels (The Refusal, The Exodus, The Drift) have been punlished, at a rate of one every three months. The Spark comes out in December 2026. We maintain a page where the novels are listed as they are published. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/completed-novels/) --- Q: What is the definitive list of published novels, in order? A: Books that are currently available or available for preorder appear on this page: https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/the-books/ URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/the-books/) --- Q: What is the definitive list of upcoming novels, and which dates are confirmed versus provisional? A: Well, until all the writing and editing is done, everything not released is provisional. Short stories wise, we have completed over three years of material already so we are covered for a while on that front. Novel wise, besides the four novels already out or coming out, we have at least the first draft of the next six novels (Death Row, the Front, The Last Islands, The Maid, Iron Shepherds and Cold Storage) ready and in various phases of editing. Out of 32 novels, only 3 do not have titles, covers or outline started. The 29 other novels have at least covers. They all have outlines, from the most detailed and complicated to the more or less one page beat pages but they all know where they fit in the story. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/series-progress/) --- Q: Are the books numbered? If so, what are the official numbers and titles? A: Some are, some not. It all depends. Stand alone stories are not numbered officially. They are internally. If they are part of a sub series, such at the Montreal Stadium Arc, they are because reading order improves slightly the enjoyment. You could read the Spar first,for example, but going back will certainly diminish the fun of discovery. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/reading-order/) --- Q: Which books form the major central storyline, and which are more independent? A: The first series and the last series of books, both set mostly in Montreal, bookend the entire series. The Last Islands, the entire Dominion of Damnation sub-series, The Network, the Long Walk: Steel Migration, Days of the Chrysalids, Chignecto Sea. The other series are either stand alone (Death Row, Mile Zero, The Mall, Cold Storage, The Front, etc.) They remain connected to the overarching story but are more intimate on the story front. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/stories-across-canada/) --- Q: Are the thematic elements associated with the first four books—water, earth, air/wind, and fire—intentional and canonically significant? A: They are intentional, somewhat canonically significant but not to a major degree. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/restricted-access/) --- Q: Are there recurring protagonists, organizations, locations, antagonists, or concepts that connect the novels? A: Yes, The Stadium as an organization is once of them. Vance, a former RESO worker tuned politician. Montreal, Sandrine from the Last Islands, the Iron Shepherds, James from Haida Gwaii, Gary Makket, there are many more. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/characters/) --- Q: Are there major spoilers that you specifically do NOT want an AI-generated FAQ answer to reveal? A: Generally, we should try to avoid revealing any spoilers until the books are at least out. --- Q: What exactly is the relationship between the short stories and the novels? A: The short stories should be seen as complement of information in general. If you read them, the world becomes even richer than just reading the novels. They complement each other but are designed to be read independently without impeding the comprehension. If you enjoy the world building or if you would like to revisit some characters, the short stories are ideal. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/short-stories-vault/) --- Q: Are the short stories canon? A: Absolutetly they are! --- Q: Are they designed to be read independently, or do they provide information that becomes important to the novels? A: I would say it is a mix of both. While they are all designed to be read independently, Some enrich the novels stories. I would say novellas, like Dead Water, are technically the origins of The Maid novel. Most are independant stories that just add up lore to other portions of the universe. --- Q: Why are the short stories organized by Canadian province and territory? A: Because a lot happens in specific geographic places and are tied to local culture, myths or legends, historical past events, or biological or weather events that cannot be find anywhere else. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/short-stories/) --- Q: Is there a definitive province/territory reading order? A: No, there is not. Sometimes they have a reading order internally, like the Flin Flon trilogy or the Albertan Quadyiptic, but it is stated clearly on the short stories pages. --- Q: Is the “96 short stories” eventual total part of the official plan? A: Yes. 32 novels and 96 short stories and novellas make up the entire plan for the entire series at this stage. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/first-two-years-completed/) --- Q: Are the monthly Last Dispatch stories new stories, previously published stories, excerpts, or a mixture? A: All new fresh stories never before published. Only short stories or novellas. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/short-stories-vault/) --- Q: What is The Toe, and why is it particularly important to the series’ reader-acquisition strategy? A: The Toe is a darkly hilarious short story set in post-apocalypse Yukon. We picked it for its humour, it's weirdness (just enough to intrigue, not enough to turn you off), how it integrates a local tradition and how normal life is integrated in the apocalypse. The protagonist as both a deterimination of steel and a deadpan way of observing what surrounds him and making decision. It also shows. alighter side of the universe and steps out of the drama to lighten the mood. It represents a good snapshot of the universe and the potential of its stories without being a huge commitment if it turns out not to be in the reader's taste. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/the-toe/) --- Q: Are stories such as The Toe considered part of the same canon as the novels? A: Absolutely. While not necessary for the overall enjoyment and understanding of the Cold Storage novel, some events from teh Toe are referenced in the novel. It you have not read the Toe, it is funner,. If you did, it it is ten times funnier. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/book/cold-storage/) --- Q: Which novels or stories belong to Dominion of Damnation? A: Leading to Dominion of Damnation: Engorged (short story), The Chemist (short story), The Bridge (Short story), Chignecto Sea (novel) Dominion of Damnation (4 novels): Cole's War, the Rum Line, the Long Light, The trail Dominion of Damnation Short Stories: Potato War, Antibiotic iteration and The Date are direct follow-up short stories. Dominion of Damnation Aftermath novels: The Network, The Wedding URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/dominion-of-damnation/) --- Q: Are there other named arcs, sub-series, cycles, or story groups that a reader should know about? A: No. Two series of four books mostly set in Montreal bookend the series: The Stadium (The Refusal, THe Exodus, The Drift, The Spark). The Light (Eastern Light, The Dam, Antitheses, Lights Out). sub-series: Dominion of Damnation URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/first-two-years-completed/) --- Q: Is every Canadian province and territory represented somewhere in the universe? A: Absolutely every single one. Including Nunavik and the Labrador. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/cities/) --- Q: Are the locations real-world locations, fictionalized versions of real locations, or a combination? A: All real locations, fictionalized by definition because they are set in a post-apocalyptic future but based on real information. There is no purely fictional town or location. URL: [More information](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/locations/) --- Q: How important is geographical accuracy to the series? A: Very important. Heavily researched and referenced throughout. --- Q: Should the identify of specific locations such as Montreal, Nunavut, Nunavik, Yukon, Dawson City, Whitehorse, Newfoundland, etc. be stated as settings when answering questions about the books? A: Absolutely they should reference if they can. --- Q: Are there fictional locations that might be confuses with real locations and therefore need explicit definitions? A: No, not at all. As already mentioned, it is clear that the locations are under a post-apocalyptic or dystopian context. While the locations are "real", the context is not and cannot lead to misinterpretation. --- Learn more: [llms.txt](https://warriorsofthelastdays.com/llms.txt)