Welcome to One Story for All

You’ll find two books here. I’m the author of both. Each explores a different but equally possible future for America.
One is a novel, the other nonfiction. You can download them for free below.

Peter Weddle

Cover of An Occupation of the Homeland

An Occupation of the Homeland

by Peter Weddle

Immerse yourself in a tale of two intertwined love stories. One follows a forbidden romance between a man and a woman;the other tests the bond that joins Americans to their homeland. Both stories begin with a crisis: It’s the year 2041, and an armed force of foreign mercenaries backed by China and Russia has occupied a huge swathe of territory in upstate New York. Their goal is to establish a colony that will then be replicated over-and-over again until the United States of America disappears as a viable nation.

Just three American soldiers - Brigadier General William Paulson, Major Mia Turner and Lieutenant Jacob Winton – are all that stand in their way. That’s not hyperbole, it’s a fact. So few of the nation’s citizens have volunteered for military service, America can no longer field an Army to defend itself. Once the world’s sole superpower, Americans have grown comfortable simply saying “Thank you for your service,” rather than stepping forward for their country.

The Federal Government wants to resolve the crisis through negotiation, but Paulson and his subordinates reject that strategy. They know it can only lead to the loss of sovereign American territory. Instead, they set out to raise a volunteer force of citizen-soldiers who are willing to risk everything to repel the invaders. It's a desperate plan fraught with danger, but they understand that only victory will secure the future of their homeland.

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Cover of The Neonaissance<BR> <span class='subtitle'>The New Birth of a Noble Democracy in America and the Two Mega-Crises We Must Overcome for It to Happen<span>

The Neonaissance
The New Birth of a Noble Democracy in America and the Two Mega-Crises We Must Overcome for It to Happen

by Peter Weddle

The year 2040 is a global point of no return. Humankind will face not one, but two simultaneous crises. They will arrive first in the U.S. and then everywhere else around the world:

  • The Technological Singularity, the moment when machines will finally and forever become smarter than humans and terminate all jobs for working men and women.
  • The Climatic Singularity, the moment when the Earth will become forever warmer and severe weather will disrupt the lives of every man, woman and child on the planet.
It’s a horrific prospect, but not one we are unable to avoid. In fact, if we begin right now to prepare for these moments, we can turn the prospect of catastrophe into an era of extraordinary human achievement. A time when we infuse our lives with more of our grandest possibilities.

The Renaissance was a similar leap forward for humankind, but it looked backward for inspiration. This new era - The Neonaissance - will look forward. It will liberate Americans – and eventually all the peoples of the world – to reach for the best within each and all of us and in the process establish a new vision for human purpose and meaning.

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In case you’re wondering, who am I?

As you know, my name is Peter Weddle. I’m a recovering Boomer. Over the course of my 50+ years as a writer, I’ve authored or edited over two dozen books. My single focus throughout that time has been the intersection of advanced technology and the human condition. As I do here, I’ve explored that engagement using both fiction and nonfiction.

What have I learned? It’s no revelation, of course, that the computer followed by the internet and now artificial intelligence have profoundly reshaped both work and culture in America. What isn’t well understood, however, is what that change means for our individual sense of purpose and our destiny as a nation. That’s the shape-shifting present and potential future I explore in my books. Though they are all different, they represent one story for all.

Here are some of the other books I’ve written :


Fiction titles available on Amazon include:


Nonfiction titles available on Amazon include:


How good are they? Well, I’m my own toughest critic. Suffice it to say, therefore, that I am trying to live up to a comment made about me many years ago in The Washington Post. It described me as “a man filled with ingenious ideas.” I hope that rings true in my books, whatever their faults may be.