The Duck Springs Defiance

“… an artful and intelligent book full of important ideas, vivid descriptions, admirable characters, and harsh realities. I enjoyed it immensely!” —Dr. Kent M. Keith, author of Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments  “The Duck Springs Defiance is a gripping and frighteningly plausible novel of an apocalyptic America embroiled in a second civil war launched by a confederation of ultra-right-wing militia This thought-provoking book is a vivid account of future chaos in the United States. Fortunately, it is a book of fiction – so far.”—Capt. Michael A. Lilly, USN (ret), former Hawaii Attorney General, author of Nimitz at Ease “It’s the near future. There has been a coup d’état in the U.S. What future will emerge? Will the USA descend into yet another failed state or are there other futures? Written as terse fiction, we are in the middle of narrative, imagination, philosophy, and Zen.”—Sohail Inayatullah, UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies and author, What Works: Case Studies in the Practice of Foresight “An ancient proverb asks, ‘What is truer than the truth?’ and answers, “The story.”  In The Duck Springs Defiance, Peter Adler tells a story about conflict and the search for resolution; and about a man caught up in an impending civil war.  Adler is a highly experienced mediator and facilitator who brings profound insight to the process, making high stakes negotiations between warring factions incredibly realistic.  Duck Springs is a negotiation drama at its best. The timing could not be better.”—Kenneth Cloke, mediator and author, Politics, Dialogue and the Evolution of Democracy