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Negative Peace
ALL HE WANTED WAS TO CREATE WORLD PEACE. Negative Peace would have to do. Positive Peace, the presence of justice and respect for uman dignity, would just have to wait.
Was ending war a bit ambitious? Of course. Was it worth trying? Certainly. To succeed, Joshua Sheehan, the first United States president from Maine, would have to be bold, decisive, and trustworthy. Trustworthy, that most elusive trait. He would have to throw some curling stones with the Chinese president, too.
From architectural school to the mayor’s office in Bucksport, Maine, where he faced down the book-banning Moms for Freedom, to the governor’s mansion, to the White House, Joshua had decisions to make. Would he make the right ones?
Was ending war a bit ambitious? Of course. Was it worth trying? Certainly. To succeed, Joshua Sheehan, the first United States president from Maine, would have to be bold, decisive, and trustworthy. Trustworthy, that most elusive trait. He would have to throw some curling stones with the Chinese president, too.
From architectural school to the mayor’s office in Bucksport, Maine, where he faced down the book-banning Moms for Freedom, to the governor’s mansion, to the White House, Joshua had decisions to make. Would he make the right ones?
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 17, 2025
About the author
David S. Florig
4 books3 followersDavid S. Florig is a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, as well as a member and past-president of the Pine Tree Curling Club in Portland, Maine. The Stones of Ailsa Craig is his debut novel and is an homage to Belfast, Maine; the glorious Maine coast; and the ancient Scottish sport of curling.
David grew up in South Jersey before retiring to Maine. Adopted by Charles and Marjorie Florig, he has seen a single picture of his birth mother. Subconsciously, that picture may have inspired this story.
For years, David practiced law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Following his legal career, he was the Executive Director of two nonprofits - Court Appointed Special Advocates of Burlington County (New Jersey) and the West Philadelphia Alliance for Children. WePAC recruited and trained volunteers to open shuttered elementary school libraries in Philadelphia, and for his work on behalf of Philadelphia's children, he was honored as one of the inaugural GameChangers by KYW1060 Newsradio in celebration of Black History Month.
He lives in Maine with his wife of thirty-five years, Nancy, and their ill-mannered rescue dog, Molly Malone.
David grew up in South Jersey before retiring to Maine. Adopted by Charles and Marjorie Florig, he has seen a single picture of his birth mother. Subconsciously, that picture may have inspired this story.
For years, David practiced law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Following his legal career, he was the Executive Director of two nonprofits - Court Appointed Special Advocates of Burlington County (New Jersey) and the West Philadelphia Alliance for Children. WePAC recruited and trained volunteers to open shuttered elementary school libraries in Philadelphia, and for his work on behalf of Philadelphia's children, he was honored as one of the inaugural GameChangers by KYW1060 Newsradio in celebration of Black History Month.
He lives in Maine with his wife of thirty-five years, Nancy, and their ill-mannered rescue dog, Molly Malone.
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May 13, 2026
Starts off like fantasy but turns real with political intrigue.
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