FIRST TWO YEARS OF NOVEL DRAFTS COMPLETED The Latest Milestone: Cold Storage First Draft Finished Today marks a significant achievement in the Warriors of the Last Days universe: the first draft of Cold Storage, the eighth novel in our sprawling Canadian post-apocalyptic series, is now complete. Set in the frozen wilds of Yukon, this Christmas-themed survival horror sees the return of fan...
Post-Apocalypse Stories in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon:France’s Last Islands at the End of the World When readers imagine post-apocalyptic fiction, they usually picture sprawling American ruins, abandoned highways, or shattered megacities. Rarely do they think about a tiny French archipelago sitting in the North Atlantic, just off the coast of Newfoundland. They should. But as far as we know and...
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 STORIES 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 STORIES 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...
TRADES & HARDCOVERS NOW AVAILABLE A mockup of the book cover for The Refusal, the first installment in the Warriors of the Last Days series. 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...
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...
