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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.
245 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2025
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About the author
Timothy Hargreaves
4 books15 followersTim grew up between the rolling countryside of Cheshire—where rural fields meet industrial northwest—and the stark, sodden beauty of England’s Lake District. There, he spent more time in the worlds of Arthur Ransome, Henry Treece, and C.S. Lewis than doing his homework.
Later, Tim worked over two decades shaping guest experiences in the Colorado Rockies, including the complete redevelopment of an iconic ski lodge. After years helping others connect with the mountains, he turned inward, writing fiction rooted in land, memory, and transformation.
A former contributor to Vail Magazine, he lives in the Colorado high country, where the forest meets his back door and wildlife—deer, bear, bobcats, and the occasional mountain lion—passes through.
Later, Tim worked over two decades shaping guest experiences in the Colorado Rockies, including the complete redevelopment of an iconic ski lodge. After years helping others connect with the mountains, he turned inward, writing fiction rooted in land, memory, and transformation.
A former contributor to Vail Magazine, he lives in the Colorado high country, where the forest meets his back door and wildlife—deer, bear, bobcats, and the occasional mountain lion—passes through.
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