New Hampshire Fall 2 (In The October Fall World)

by Phineas Strange · May 2025

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 New Hampshire Fall 2 (In The October Fall World)

New Hampshire Fall 2 concludes the gripping story of the Barrette family—a tale of survival, faith, and family in a post-EMP America. Reunited in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, several members of the Barrette group embark on a perilous mission to rescue Joyce, the woman who once saved their daughter’s life. Their journey into the chaos of Lowell, Massachusetts, thrusts them into a world of gangs, desperation, and growing lawlessness. Back home, disaster strikes when Paul Barrette is gravely injured. As winter looms and vital food supplies begin to vanish, tensions rise and trust within the group starts to fray. When a member dies during a desperate search for medicine, the loss sends shockwaves through their fragile community. And just when they think it can’t get any worse, a violent rogue faction begins kidnapping survivors and seizing control of the region. The Barrettes and their allies must make a decision… Will they unite and fight back—or lose everything they’ve struggled to preserve? A story of courage, sacrifice, and unshakable family bonds, New Hampshire Fall 2 delivers a hopeful yet harrowing conclusion to the Barrette family’s journey. Grounded in faith and clean storytelling, it offers realistic action and emotional depth without resorting to graphic content.

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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