Uncertain Future describes the changes coming in an uncertain future and what we do to live as best we can. Those that best prepare will be those that best live through the coming challenges.

The characters in Uncertain Future adopt a positive, can-do attitude. Prepping for the future is interesting and enjoyable. They know their preparations will make their lives a whole lot more pleasant if and when things get bad.

Claude and the group of eight set up a remote homestead and become self sufficient enough to live well. The rest of the world suffers through food shortages and an epidemic. Claude and his companions discover that their independent, alternative lifestyle is rewarding and gratifying. They have prepared well, accomplished much, and thrive.

As the people of earth are adapting to environmental changes, a message comes from a far off solar system. The message contains information that is of monumental importance. We do our best to use that information to improve the human condition.

Scientists say that in the extreme distant future our sun will no longer sustain us. For humanity to survive we must leave this earth. In the twenty-first century, as our technology progresses and our understanding of genetics improves we see the opportunity for humanity to establish itself beyond the bounds seemly imposed by the laws of physics. There is another way for humanity to go to the stars.

Claude works in a government facility monitoring the signals from a large radio antenna. The dish is aimed out into the stars. One day signals begin to come in. A far off civilization on a planet orbiting a nearby star sends us the DNA code of their race. Our scientists and technicians create an embryo using the code and grow the embryo to maturity.

This scenario creates new, far-reaching prospects for humanity. Today, this situation may not be so far off. Our abilities to master the powers of DNA manipulation are advancing rapidily.

There are many things that could happen to delay mankind's overall progress. There are potential catastrophes that could reverse progress and force us to go back to the ways of yesterday.

Be aware of what it could take to deal well with an uncertain future. In the future, you may find yourself using the tools and methods of the homesteader and/or the production methods of centuries past. To provide for your basic needs, you may have to barter or otherwise exchange what you can produce for what it is that others produce. You may have to use a hodgepodge of past, present, and future technologies. Uncertain Future is a story of both progress and of how the old ways of living become useful again.

When situations change, the ones that thrive are those that adapt well. Pay attention to the possibilities. Develop skills to give yourself resilience. Be among the ones who thrive.

Review by the publisher:
Uncertain Future has what makes science fiction good. The story demonstrates that attitude and perseverance bring changes to improve our future. Science and the human spirit are the elements that drive progress. We can expect setbacks and difficult times, but the human parade will march gallantly onward far into the future. And along the way there will be wonders to amaze us and propel our expectations of a bright future. That is the basic premise of Uncertain Future. It is a realistic portrayal of how some of the challenges we face might play out.

The tone of the story is more personal and intellectual than dramatic. There are no detailed descriptions of beam weapons, faster than light spaceships, inter galactic warfare, or parasitic body invaders. There are personable characters with admirable strengths and forgivable flaws who interact with each other in ways that are at times endearing and always human. Mixed in is the wonder of some twenty-first century technology that is now just out of our reach.

The main themes are preparing for change, becoming resilient, and enjoying the process. The leading character deals with changing conditions using self sufficiency and in-advance preparation. The alien being, Lucy, becomes part of Claude's life. There is much that Claude wants to learn from Lucy. And there is much that humanity should learn from Lucy and the far off civilization in which Lucy's race evolved.

Genetics is a fast evolving science. It has a central roll in the story, and it will very likely have a central roll in humanity's future. Humanity's command of genetics seems likely to determine our civilization's fate.