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Fall
The collapse didn’t come with plague or war. It came slowly—as old systems, once thought unbreakable, began to crack.
On the island of Talem, a small community endures. Cut off from the mainland, they live by shared labor, old knowledge, and a deep respect for the natural world. But survival is only the beginning.
Fifteen-year-old Harald repurposes remnants of the old world, hikes to the island’s summit for radio checks, and delivers messages by hand. His life is built on routine and quiet wonder—until a voice crackles through the static. A call for help.
What Talem chooses next will shape what kind of future, if any, they still have.
Fall is a novel of slow collapse and quiet resilience. It asks what we become when the world we knew disappears—not all at once, but piece by piece. For readers drawn to The Overstory, The Dog Stars, and Station Eleven, Fall offers a world not lost, but reimagined.
On the island of Talem, a small community endures. Cut off from the mainland, they live by shared labor, old knowledge, and a deep respect for the natural world. But survival is only the beginning.
Fifteen-year-old Harald repurposes remnants of the old world, hikes to the island’s summit for radio checks, and delivers messages by hand. His life is built on routine and quiet wonder—until a voice crackles through the static. A call for help.
What Talem chooses next will shape what kind of future, if any, they still have.
Fall is a novel of slow collapse and quiet resilience. It asks what we become when the world we knew disappears—not all at once, but piece by piece. For readers drawn to The Overstory, The Dog Stars, and Station Eleven, Fall offers a world not lost, but reimagined.
251 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2025
About the author
Timothy Hargreaves
4 books15 followersTimothy Hargreaves writes Landscape Fiction—stories shaped by land, time, and the fragile connection between modern life and the natural world. He lives in the Colorado high country, where the forest meets his back door and wildlife—deer, bears, bobcats, even the occasional mountain lion—passes through.
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March 5, 2026
I enjoy this author. He develops his characters as his story progresses and I like his usually positive attitude. The stories flow well and he picks interesting subjects and time to write about.
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