Waterloo Road: In The Shadow of The Fall

Set decades after the end of After the Fall

The old world is a ghost story. To the children of Swift Island, only survival speaks their language. Years after the Wildfire Virus turned Greater Manchester to ash, Swift Island fortress stands as a beacon of fragile peace. Built on the back of sacrifice from the original Waterloo Road heroes, the island is all 15 year old Nova Charles-Drake and her 16 year old best friend Mitch Jr. have ever known. Nova, the daughter of Ben and Izzy, a girl born into a life of grit and wit, grows up in the care of a seasoned older generation, honing her skills on golden sands with Mitch Jr., a boy burdened with the reputation of his unworthy father. But no safety on the face of the apocalypse is guaranteed; when a new, highly-trained faction from the mainland makes landfall on Swift Island, the peace they had known for so long vanishes into a shocking, life-altering moment of loss. Nova loses childhood as she is left with a permanent reminder, pushed into a leadership role that requires a hardened spirit of survival. With the legendary mother and father, Ben and Izzy, already pushed to their limits and a mysterious presence closing in on the island from the sea, Nova and Mitch Jr. must prove that the Waterloo Road legacy wasn't destroyed on the M6 on that faithful day years ago. The fall was just the beginning-it's up to the new generation to save Swift Island from being swallowed by the dark.