Dystopian Military Thriller by Cole Black
Canada fell. Not to bombs or tanks -- to economics, cyberattacks, and political collapse.
Canada fell. Not to bombs or tanks -- to economics, cyberattacks, and political collapse. When a foreign power occupies Ottawa, the resistance starts in the ashes.
The Maple Resistance is FICINT -- fiction built on intelligence analysis. The scenarios are plausible. The tactics are real. The question isn't whether a modern democracy could fall this way. It's what ordinary people do when it happens to theirs.
Red Dawn meets Canadian grit. Occupied territory fiction where ordinary people become insurgents.
The resistance begins in Ottawa. More cities will follow.
Canada's capital falls to occupation. The resistance begins with a handful of ordinary citizens who refuse to kneel.
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The Maple Resistance is a dystopian thriller series set in a near-future where Canada falls to foreign occupation -- not through military invasion, but through economic warfare, cyberattacks, and political collapse. When Ottawa is occupied, ordinary Canadian citizens form a resistance movement. The series follows their transformation from everyday people into insurgents fighting for their country's survival.
Yes. Ottawa is the first book in the series and works as a complete story on its own. It establishes the fall of Canada and the beginning of the resistance in the capital. Future books will follow the resistance as it spreads to other Canadian cities, but Ottawa delivers a satisfying, self-contained narrative.
The series is ongoing, with Ottawa as the first published book. Each future installment will focus on resistance movements in different Canadian cities. Subscribe to our newsletter for release announcements.
FICINT (fiction + intelligence) is a genre that blends fictional storytelling with real intelligence analysis, geopolitical scenarios, and military doctrine. Unlike pure speculative fiction, FICINT scenarios are built on plausible extrapolations of current events, real threat assessments, and documented warfare tactics. The Maple Resistance uses FICINT methodology to create a disturbingly realistic portrayal of how a modern democracy could fall.
Yes! Maple Resistance: Ottawa is available as a free audiobook on YouTube. You can listen to the full audiobook at no cost.
Fans of the Maple Resistance typically enjoy Red Dawn (the original), The Handmaid's Tale, and occupied territory fiction like Philip Roth's The Plot Against America. For more Cole Black, try the Ice Breaker series -- a four-book Arctic military thriller about a Chinese fleet trapped in Canadian waters.