The Farm

Jack Slack returns, still on the upswing of his career and life, to take on the challenges of finding new technologies to fend off the impacts of a global energy crisis. Stakes are high, even higher than Jack realizes. With paths crossing invisibly, Jack's former lover, Evie, has been drafted into a counterterrorism task force that unmasks a global plot to disrupt the energy future right in Jack's backyard. Jack's life is again in the crosshairs as he stands between an assassin and the Governor who is announcing a fundamental shift in the future of global energy supplies.

The Farm, set in the second global energy crisis, juxtaposes Jack's high-flying energy career with his pursuit of an idyllic life with his new bride, Anna. Together with Jack's old philosophical friend, Ben, and Ben's wife, Rebecca, the couples explore a path to practical wisdom in the nuclear age. Jack and Ben, learning from their jobs and their marriages, distill out from the noise and tumult seven essential criteria in achieving happiness and a good life, the measure of practical wisdom in all ages and cultures.

George Benda grew up in the Chicago area and studied at the University of Chicago during the 1970s. A lifelong environmentalist, George has led both public agencies and private companies in the pursuit of a sustainable world. His personal mission from his late teen years on has been to create modern philosophical dialogues that will help right the human relationship with our natural world. The Farm is the fourth in a series of books George has in preparation to fulfill that mission.