Bull, Steve: - Steve Bull lives with his wife and two teenaged daughters in what was once a small town north of Toronto. He has witnessed increasing amounts of limited, fertile farmland disappear as politicians seek the Holy Grail of progress: growth. He's more than a little disappointed that decision-makers and policy-leaders, from those in local towns to nation states, are following a path of certain collapse, repeating mistakes that have been made by the leaders of numerous complex societies before them.
Steve sees the-powers-that-be ignoring the signs all around them because they believe this time is different. And it is different, because this time the collapse will be global in nature.
With a background in archaeology and education, and a goal to inform and entertain, as well as challenge some fundamental beliefs, Steve uses an extension of current events to weave the tale of a group of disparate and desperate people as they encounter the collapse of the economic, social, and political systems around them. Is his story a portent of what our not-too-distant future could look like?