Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After Days | 2014 | Scott Medbury | Buy |
| 2 | Sanctuary | 2014 | Scott Medbury | Buy |
| 3 | Attrition | 2015 | Scott Medbury | Buy |
The After Days Trilogy is Scott Medbury’s debut work and the starting point for his largest fictional universe. A mystery virus sweeps across North America, killing adults with devastating speed while leaving children and teenagers unharmed. Fifteen-year-old Isaac Race discovers the virus is not natural — it is a biological weapon, and the United States is already under invasion.
Isaac must lead a group of young survivors through an occupied and collapsing country, searching for refuge while dealing with threats from both the invaders and other survivors. The trilogy moves from the initial shock of the outbreak through the scramble for safety and into open conflict with the forces behind the attack.
The After Days Trilogy leads directly into the much longer America Falls series, which continues Isaac’s story as an older survivor fighting to rebuild. Medbury has cited John Christopher’s The Tripods and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies as influences on the series’ premise of young people forced to survive without adult society.