John Michael Greer, author and host of the popular weekly peak oil blog, "The Archdruid Report," returns with another collection of twelve tales from the post oil future. As Industrial civilization staggers beneath its myriad dysfunctions, ordinary people endure the long, slow descent that shapes the years of crisis. The old world passes away and a new age takes shape.

After Oil 2: The Years of Crisis

Science Fiction & Fantasy

GREER, John Michael

Science Fiction

Founders House Publishing, LLC

Since 2006, author John Michael Greer has been sharing his perspectives on the fate of industrial civilization and more on his weekly blog, THE ARCHDRUID REPORT. His writing, both highly engaging and rooted in a depth of broad scholarship, has earned him thousands of readers who want to understand the trajectory our world has taken. Topics like energy, resource depletion, and the ideas behind some of our culture’s cherished beliefs have been explored. COLLAPSE NOW AND AVOID THE RUSH offers a selection of Greer’s best essays.

Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush: The Best of The Archdruid Report

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

HEAVEN'S POINT GUARD is the story of sixteen-year-old Kirk Gentrup, popular student, star basketball player, and all around great athlete, who was tragically struck by lightning while on the baseball field in 1995. Written from the perspective of Ken "Cruiser" Gentrup, Kirk's father, the story includes many accounts, recollections, and messages from those who knew and were impacted by Kirk's example in the sport he loved and in his community.HEAVEN'S POINT GUARD is both a memoir of Ken's attempts to cope with the loss of his son and a testimony to Kirk's enduring legacy in his school and the community.

Heaven's Point Guard: The Kirk Gentrup Story

Self-Help

Kilgore, Shaun C.

Gentrup, Ken "Cruiser"

Death & Grief

In this latest installment, of the popular After Oil anthology series, John Michael Greer, author and host of the popular weekly peak oil blog, The Archdruid Report, brings us twelve original stories of a world centuries ahead where oil and fossil fuels have become a distant memory. A new era has dawned and for those far future cultures a time of renewal has arrived.

After Oil 3: The Years of Rebirth

Ex-military Mike Kendeil travels to a beach house on North Carolina’s dissolving Outer Banks to help his grandmother, Florence Trudeau, rescue heirlooms from the swelling ocean. With a monster hurricane at their back and the contentious 2040 presidential election just a few weeks ahead, the two drive their loaded wagon home on a days-long journey to the Washington, DC suburbs. In 2040, America has one foot back in the nineteenth century and the other in the twenty-first as the costs of fuel and electric vehicles rise beyond the means of most people, forcing them to either walk or use older, simpler modes of travel. High-tech communications—including VNET (the post-Internet virtual reality system)—form the social glue that holds the ragged nation together, also feeding escapism from the difficult conditions of everyday life. Meanwhile, a small number of oligarchs enjoy fabulous wealth, power, and mobility. Fossil Nation is the opening volume in the Inter States trilogy, the story of an extended family spread from Virginia to Vermont living in an America staggering from the effects of energy crises, climate change, geopolitical shifts, and the poverty and political drama that accompany them. As daily life takes its ordinary course, larger changes appear on the horizon...

Inter States: Fossil Nation

Meima, Ralph

The industrialized world lies in ruins. Fossil fuels are gone. In isolated parts of the countryside after the Third World War, life goes on - however, the future looks more like the past. Amariah Wales, a 19-year-old inventive aristocrat, dreams of the wider world he's never seen, longing to escape the expectations of his doting parents as he toils in Vermont's last biofuel refinery. Then one night, he finds himself hurled into a battle between the authoritarian Stakeholders who control the refinery, and the rebellious farmers who have been forced to grow oilseed instead of food. Fleeing for his life, Amariah is branded a fugitive by the local militia and hunted for the knowledge that gives them control over the sky. He allies himself with a mysterious group of rebels, seeking to avenge his family and end the Stakeholders' corrupt reign. When the rebels' mountain stronghold is discovered, Amariah is forced into a confrontation that could change the course of history - and restore light to a world lost in the shadows of the DARK PEAK. "A taut, fast-paced thriller set in the post-petroleum Northeast, George R. Fehling's DARK PEAK is a highly readable addition to the small but growing genre of fiction set in a future on the far side of the industrial age -- a future that is being created by today's misguided choices. Not to be missed." - John Michael Greer, author of THE LONG DESCENT and STAR'S REACH

Dark Peak

Fehling, George R.

Centuries after the death of Earth, an ancient evil stirs on the colony world of Eridan. Six killing machines have lunged out of the northern barrens to annihilate an isolated community. The one clue to the motive behind the killings is locked within the shattered mind of the only survivor. As helicopters race through the skies of Eridan and the warrior mystics of the Halka order brace themselves for the struggle, the survivor, Jerre Amadan, is flung headlong into a journey of transformation and terror that will take him to the core of his own mind, to the hiding place of a long-forgotten nightmare, and to the ultimate confrontation with THE FIRES OF SHALSHA.

The Fires of Shalsha

Literature & Fiction

Literary

In this fourth addition to the popular After Oil anthology series, John Michael Greer, author and host of the weekly peak oil big, The Archdruid Report, collects twelve new tales set in civilizations of the far future, a thousand years hence, in the world where the industrial age has faded into myth and legend.

After Oil 4: The Future's Distant Shores

A historic migration begins, triggered by Hurricane Rhiannon but accelerated by deeper currents. With winter approaching, many hundreds of thousands take to the road in search of safety, potable water, reliable sources of food, and shelter. Their numbers overwhelm infrastructure and governments, roiling politics, and changing the demographic character of regions forever. Carried along in the migration are the Trudeau-Kendeil and Daniels families. They have banded together for a harrowing journey of many days from Washington, D.C. to the homes of charitable relatives in New England, in search of the security a family needs in these lean times. Their route takes them through communities coping in diverse ways with economic hardship, an unstable climate, and the swelling numbers of migrants. With the 2040 election only days away, events whip from one surprise to another. A dispute flares around disaster relief offered by China and the European Union. Supporters and opponents dig in along partisan lines. The President is held in contempt, and arrested by a council of national unity. Despite an initial spirit of cooperation, multiple competing claims to federal executive authority arise, precipitating a constitutional crisis. Oligarchs see threats and opportunities in the emerging disorder, and act to protect their interests. Challenges multiply as the families travel north. Election Day arrives while they are still on the road. Voter turnout is low among populations side-tracked by the storm and migration. Then, tragedy strikes in the families’ midst, overwhelming plans and driving home a harsh lesson about options and consequences in a world riven by competing realities and relentless resource scarcity.

Inter States: Emergent Disorder

ECHOES FROM THE PAST is the personal memoir of John L. Kilgore Sr. that details his adventures in amateur genealogical research. While it was an interest for many, John was prompted back in 1987 to get serious about uncovering his roots. Armed with old, faded pictures, newspaper clippings, the recollection of family members, and aided by his wife Mary Jane, he set out on a journey that brought him face to face with long-separated kin and country music legends like June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Merle Kilgore, Hank Williams Jr., and more. Part travelogue and history, ECHOES FROM THE PAST is also a tribute to family heritage and the unexpected discoveries that make it so important to remember those who've come before and to preserve the story for future generations.

Echoes from the Past: A Memoir of Family Heritage

Biographies & Memoirs

John L. Kilgore Sr.

Mary Jane Kilgore

Memoirs

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