"Henry David Thoreau would have nodded and chuckled over this book. In another time and another place, David Adams shows that the exploration of the wilderness-civilization dichotomy has universal and eternal relevance. From his special island, Adams probes both inward and outward to themes of transcendent importance. Here, in the great tradition of Sigurd Olson, are new ears listening to the lessons of the North Country."
Professor Roderick Frazier Nash, author,
Wilderness and the American Mind

"Brilliantly written, Season of the Loon celebrates the people and places that make the North Country unique. Rarely does one find such an important topic presented in such lucid prose. Adams' training as an anthropologist allows him to probe into the heart of wilderness politics. He shows that "green" special interest groups come in a variety of shades. From a lobby effort on Capital Hill to the dip of the canoe paddle on nameless lakes, Season of the Loon is a journey worth taking."
Troy Peden, President,
goabroad.com

"Adams reminds us that wilderness yet cuts deep channels in the huma psyche. He invites us to go with these currents, reflect on the complexity of their conceptual swirls and eddies and finally reconsider the human place in the larger, older, wilder and endangered scheme of planetary life."
Max Oelschlaeger, author,
The Idea of Wilderness

"Season of the Loon arrives as welcome as the burst of sunshine after a thunderstorm. David Adams goes to the heart of fierce disputes over the future of our great northern forests, pitting the ecologist against the entrpreneur, the national wilderness movement agaisnt the local interest. Readers may question his conclusions or even his point of view, but they will return changed and challenged after accompanying Adams on his journey from motor-obsessed youth to the lonely figure canoeing through uncharted waters. And they will find surprises along the way."
John Mosedale, (retired)
CBS Evening News

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Now on Audible.com SAMSARA an ecological thriller by David Adams

Exchanging Western values for far-off Thailand, Gunnar Ray plans to teach in the countryside and absorb the country's ancient wisdom. When monsoon rains flood the lands above his adopted village, catastrophe strikes. Gunnar's innocence is swept downstream along with hundreds of Thai lives.

Spiritually adrift, he washes up in the offices of the Bangkok Times, a crusading reporter hell bent on derailing corrupt officials at war with the Thai environment. He is not alone. A summons from an enigmatic Buddhist monk with rumoured mystical powers and a near militant love for the jungle is just the sort of lead that Gunnar thrives on. In a forgotten province, he will test whether his pen is indeed mightier than the military's sword. When the forest-protecting monk of the Northeast is arrested, Gunnar sets off on a cross-country journey to summon support.

With the monk's beautiful niece as his guide, he navigates the currents and eddies of remote provinces that few Westerners have penetrated. Gunnar's articles aimed at freeing the first-ever imprisoned Thai monk transform him into a high profile activist-and target. Ultimately he must choose: his growing love for the monk's niece and commitment to the cause, versus the now daily threat of an assassin's bullet.

Ecological thriller, love story, spiritual journey, Samsara scratches the bloody underbelly of a nation in conflict.