"Stone Warriors" is the fourth story of the Corbett colony, first introduced in the novel, "Shut Down." At the start of their eleventh summer after the economic collapse, the small community faces a harsh and unforgiving crisis. As they splinter into groups and take various measures to address the disaster, the youth of Corbett strike the spark that illuminates a new path for the residents of their community, the path of permanent post-industrial resiliency.

To feed the growing human population and to satisfy the insatiable quest for cheap energy, tropical rainforests across the world are being systematically burned and clearcut. The plant and animal life they hold is being driven to extinction. "Direct Action" is the story of how a small, well-organized group of people on the island of Sumatra takes up arms to stop further deforestation. With help from a trio of Western supporters, the newly created rebel army wages war against the military-backed, multinational corporations destroying their land. Their objective is to reverse the proliferation...