John G. Jung – författare

A young "e;come-far-away"e; from the Canadian mainland takes his first professional job in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the early 1970s. He experiences many unique moments and people on this exotic island off the northeastern coast of North America. He consequently attracts others from his alma mater to join him creating some unusual things to happen in Newfoundland.

When high school volunteers cleaning up plastics in the South Pacific Garbage Patch are swept away when a major tsunami hits their ship, they miraculously survive by landing on a landform that should not exist. The closest civilization is thousands of miles away. Last Tree Standing follows the journey of these survivors in their amazing attempts to attract rescuers thousands of miles away.

Black Rock is a coming-of-age story about children living in a community filled with immigrants, generational poverty, and families with marginal incomes. It is also a story that delves into the challenges that their families experienced. However, growing up, these children never felt they were on the wrong side of the tracks. They experienced the full thrust of its social structure, including abuse by bullies, verbal and physical assaults, mob violence, racism, and threats to life and limb. But it was also the best time of their lives. Despite poverty and degradation at the hands of perverse individuals, the overall community and its values shine as they learn to accept and help one another, no matter who they are or where they come from.

Eden 2084 is about a future in which the leaders of the early part of the century failed to meet the temperature limit necessary to stop the world from overheating. In 2040, the USA is so badly polarized around climate change issues that it splits into Red and Blue States. As the world exceeds 4°C above pre-industrial levels in the 2080s, the existential threat must be halted. Winston and Greta, two climate change crusaders collaborate in 2060 to create a model net-zero community in one of the Blue States attracting climate refugees, many of whom create innovative solutions to help in dealing with the climate crisis. After a scientist from Moscow defected to a Blue State in 2084, his experiments are pursued as part of a major solution to reduce the global temperature. However, his project is hijacked by terrorist hackers supported by the Red States, potentially to weaponize it. The tensions between the Red and Blue States become so extreme that a cyber war occurs between them. And more! But the story is not dystopian. It is about hope, despite the mistakes of the past.

Imagine a country in which one in six of the population is either an official member of the hated secret police or hapless informers forced to spy on their friends and families. To escape from their repressed society, some sought any means possible to do so. Some were successful but most were not. And if found, all those involved in the escape attempt were sent to a feared secret prison where they were interrogated and possibly tortured, mentally and physically. These types of stories did happen; and not too long ago. This fictionalized account follows several families and individuals who risked their lives in these escape attempts in the months leading to the historic moment that the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989.

Woodstock promoted itself as "e;Three Days of Peace and Music"e;. Due to massive traffic delays and sporadic horrible weather, it actually took place over four days from Friday, August 15 to Monday, August 18, 1969. But it wasn't just four ordinary days in the summer of '69. Woodstock was more than a monstrous and unprepared happening in a farmer's field in the Catskills. It was a significant turning point for a generation that represented a unique part of human history. It was the largest gathering of its time of young people united by the spirit of love and their willingness to accept each other in every form. Without the normal security forces of armored police, the peace, love, and harmony of a gathering of nearly half a million young people was truly amazing. Politics, religion, war, or economics didn't unite them. It was the music - over three, no…four days of peace and music. And so, we all know (or think we know) what happened at Woodstock in the summer of '69. The music. The drugs. The sex. The mud. The rain. And much more in this instant city of nearly half a million. A drug overdose, an accidental death, and a murder. Based on actual events, this fictionalized account follows a young reporter on his journey to uncover who killed the drummer of one of the groups who were scheduled to perform at Woodstock. He had over 400,000 suspects to draw from. Were you one of them (or wished you were)?