Frostlands

Posted by on Dec 19, 2018 in Books, Featured, Fiction | 0 comments It’s 2051 and Arcadia is under attack. As the stand-alone sequel to Splinterlands begins, the sustainable compound in what was once Vermont is on high alert. Arcadia’s defense corps is mobilized against what appears to be a routine assault, one of many that the community repulses from paramilitary forces every year. But as sensors record a breach in the perimeter wall, even...
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The Energy of Delusion Podcast

Posted by on Oct 9, 2018 in Articles, Books, Featured, Fiction | 0 comments The Energy of Delusion brings you the latest imaginative writing from John Feffer, author of the Splinterlands series, the thriller Foamers, and numerous works of non-fiction. At the $1 level, The Energy of Delusion brings you the latest installment — in both print and audio versions — of The Third Return, a new thriller that involves two spies, the two Koreas, and the DC...
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A Fairy Tale from 2050

Posted by on Sep 2, 2017 in Articles, Books, Featured, Fiction, Security, Uncategorized | 0 comments Once upon a time, long, long ago, I testified before the great assembly of our land. When I describe this event to children today, it really does sound to them like a fairy tale. Once upon a time — a time before the world splintered into a million pieces and America became its current disunited states — this old woman was a young idealist who tried to persuade our mighty Congress that a...
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My Novel (Accidentally) Predicted Trump

Posted by on May 12, 2017 in Art, Articles, Books, Featured, Fiction | 0 comments It’s terrifying when your dystopian nightmares begin to come true. Donald Trump is consolidating a circle of extremist advisers. Hardline restrictions on immigration are going up, regulations on Wall Street are tumbling down, and ordinary Americans can no longer agree on simple truths, let alone politics. Abroad, Europe may be splintering, too, Asia looks volatile, and wars continue to rage in...
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Splinterlands

Posted by on Feb 20, 2017 in Books, Eastern Europe, Featured, Fiction | 0 comments Part Field Notes from a Catastrophe, part 1984, part World War Z, John Feffer’s striking new dystopian novel, takes us deep into the battered, shattered world of 2050. The European Union has broken apart. Multiethnic great powers like Russia and China have shriveled. America’s global military footprint has virtually disappeared and the United States remains united in name only....
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Foamers

Posted by on Jul 3, 1997 in Books, Fiction | 2 comments I wrote Foamers under the pseudonym Jon Berson. It’s a thriller about trains and train fans published by Scribners in 1997. “Both mystery and rail fans will enjoy the tale; the novel succeeds admirably at combining a crime story with a captivating look at the romance of the rails” Booklist “Berson does a solid job of capturing the obsessive love of trains of his...
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