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Destroyed Melbourne cityscape after a catastrophic solar flare — post-apocalyptic setting of This Is What We Are Now series

The Series

This Is What We Are Now

A character-driven post-apocalyptic series set in Melbourne, Australia. Exploring survival, morality, and what remains of humanity when civilization falls.

The World

Melbourne, 2026. After the Blackout.

A catastrophic solar flare — a coronal mass ejection of unprecedented scale — destroys the world's electrical infrastructure overnight. No power. No vehicles. No communication. The modern world simply stops.

Set in the real streets of Melbourne, the series follows a group of strangers forced together by circumstance. As resources dwindle and authority collapses, every decision carries weight — moral, psychological, and physical.

This is not a story about the end of the world. It's a story about who we become when the world we knew is gone.

Flinders Street Station Melbourne in post-apocalyptic ruins — iconic landmark from the novel This Is What We Are Now by Javier A. Barragan

The Books

Available Now & Coming Soon

Book One cover — This Is What We Are Now, post-apocalyptic survival novel set in Melbourne available on Amazon
Book OneAvailable Now

This Is What We Are Now

The collapse was only the beginning. When a solar storm ends civilization overnight, a group of strangers in Melbourne must survive not just the physical world — but each other.

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Rufo House Publishing dragon logo — Book Two cover coming soon, July 2026

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Book TwoJuly 2026

Coming July 2026

The story continues. The world has changed — and so have the people trying to survive it. More details coming soon.

Editions

Paperback & eBook · English, Spanish & Bilingual

Every book is published in English, Spanish, and Bilingual editions. Available as paperback and eBook on Amazon. Paperback also on IngramSpark.