Boston Fall 3 (In The October Fall World)

by Phineas Strange · May 2024

You may know me as Phineas Strange — but I also write under the name Michael McDonald. My wife writes as Karen McDonald. The Fall Series is a collection of post-apocalyptic fiction set within the October Fall World. Four standalone series, twelve books in total, that can be read in any order you choose. Whether you start in Indiana, Boston, New Hampshire, or Massachusetts, you'll find yourself dropped into a world forever changed, following ordinary people navigating extraordinary circumstances. Each series is its own story, its own community, its own fight to survive. But they all share the same broken world — and the same belief that even in the darkest of times, people find ways to endure. If stories about resilience, survival, and the stubborn persistence of hope speak to you, I think you'll feel right at home here. If you enjoy these twelve books, I'd also encourage you to explore the entire In The October Fall World series — multiple authors, multiple stories, all centered around one cataclysmic event. It's a shared universe unlike anything else in post-apocalyptic fiction. Available from Raventhorne Books on Amazon.

— Phineas Strange

About Boston Fall 3 (In The October Fall World)

After a catastrophic EMP attack on the United States, Leonard and Mel Haakensen continue their journey by bicycle to their home—and Jessica—in Colorado. Fate intervenes as they near the Colorado state border when Mel is waylaid in an unexpected attack and Leonard, despite his misgivings, decides to help rescue the mother of a young teenage girl they meet on the road. In the meantime, Franny Schecter, Mel's best friend, has gone missing from the Haakensens’ family hideaway on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains. Jessica and Franny’s parents hear rumors of an apocalyptic polygamist cult that may be kidnapping young women to become brides for the group’s “Prophet” as the madman continues his quest to build a kingdom in Colorado and Utah. Will they find Franny in time to rescue her? Will Leonard and Mel finally make their way over the Rocky mountains and join Jessica? Find out in the concluding book of the Boston Fall Series.

Phineas Strange

Phineas Strange and Michael McDonald are both pen names for the same New England author. Phineas Strange has a lifelong fascination with the unexplained, the true, and the weird. He writes A Curious Compendium of Strange Events, which explores documented supernatural phenomena with the eye of a skeptic and the heart of a true believer, and Stone Walls & Steeples, a true crime series that brings forgotten New England victims back into the light — one region, one era, one state at a time. Michael McDonald and Karen McDonald write post-apocalyptic fiction set within the October Fall World — four standalone series, twelve books in total. The author grew up in the Midwest, met his New England born wife while she was in college and they transplanted to New England. They also lived overseas for twelve years — which explains a lot.

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