Ellen Connor

Ellen Connor names the joint work of novelists Ann Aguirre and Carrie Lofty on the Dark Age Dawning trilogy. Midnight continues the sequence after Nightfall and before Daybreak. Penguin Random House identifies Dr. Chris Welsh and Rosa Cortez as the central pair: Chris reaches the surviving community of Valle de Bravo after years of wandering, while Rosa carries responsibility for the settlement’s safety. Their growing trust develops amid raids, supernatural threats, and the continuing effects of the Change. The publisher’s author page directly confirms that Ellen Connor represents Aguirre and Lofty, and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database independently credits both writers for Midnight. That collaboration gives the byline a specific creative meaning rather than concealing a single author. The novel expands the trilogy beyond its opening location and asks how community can be rebuilt after institutions collapse. Its combination of survival stakes, speculative danger, and relationship development defines the series’ cross-genre design.