"I love this book! It beautifully captures the revolution of love that is sweeping the globe, told as an epic novel that will set your heart on fire. A rare gem of a book, a must read, it charts the way forward in this time of turmoil and transformation. If you loved Occupy Love, you will love the Dandelion Insurrection!"-- Velcrow Ripper, Canadian Academy Award (Genie) winner, director of Occupy Love

"This novel will not only make you want to change the world, it will remind you that you can. -- Gayle Brandeis, author of The Book of Dead Birds, winner of the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction

""THE handbook for the coming revolution!"-- Lo Daniels, Editor of Dandelion Salad

" The Dandelion Insurrection is an updated, more accurate, less fantastical Brave New World or 1984."-- David Swanson, journalist, author, peace activist

"The Dandelion Insurrection is a prayer seven billion hearts strong and counting."-- Megan Hollingsworth, Founder of Extinction Witness

"Rivera Sun's The Dandelion Insurrection takes place in a dystopia just a hop, skip and jump away from today's society. A fundamentally political book with vivid characters and heart stopping action. It's a must and a great read."-- Judy Rebick, activist and author of Occupy This!

". . . a beautifully written book just like the dandelion plant itself, punching holes through the concert of corporate terror, and inviting all to join in the insurrection."-- Keith McHenry, co-founder of the Food Not Bombs Movement

You're in for an exciting ride...

The clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!
With the planet in peril and people struggling to survive, it's all hands on deck for the Dandelion Insurrection.
As natural - and human-made - disasters strike, the dandelions organize creative solutions all across the country: people-powered relief efforts, mutual aid groups, cooperative programs, community-wide potlucks, tool sharing, resilience plans, and more. Zadie Byrd Gray and Charlie Rider crisscross the United States, tracking down these hopeful and inspiring stories. Before long, a powerful shift starts growing in this fertile soil of love and resistance. Fed up with the lack of compassion in the halls of power, the dandelions launch real democracy projects in neighborhoods and communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, social clubs, and beyond.

But as ordinary people solve their problems without politicians, the rich and powerful fight back. The wealthy plot to thwart them. The corporations try to stall them. The politicians race to block them. When a megachurch preacher launches a doomsday mission to stop them, the Dandelion Insurrection faces a choice that threatens everything they stand for.


Winds of Change is a story like no other, a tale of resistance and resilience, hopeful and eerie all at once. The living Earth rises up for justice. The debts of the past come due. Teens and elders alike rebel for life and the future. With courage and love, the Dandelion Insurrection must navigate fires and floods to rise from the ashes and bloom in the wreckage. But they must act swiftly, for the clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!

Hopeful. Visionary. Inspiring. This is the story you've been waiting for - a story that speaks straight to the heart of these wild times we're living through.

Each novel in the Dandelion Trilogy is a stand-alone story. They can be enjoyed in any order, but you'll want to read them all! Pick up your trilogy today! Also, don't miss the accompanying Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - making change through nonviolent action and Rise & Resist, the collection of fiery essays that Charlie Rider writes to rally the people for change. Welcome to the Dandelion Insurrection!

Praise For Winds of Change

"…non-stop action and a cavalcade of exciting ideas for transforming society." - Burt Kempner, author and filmmaker

"Winds of Change awakens you to the individual and collective power of participatory democracy. It’s brilliant, elegant, and utterly simple. We just need to show up." - Natasha Léger, Executive Director, Citizens for a Healthy Community

"Winds of Change makes it look not-so-hard to live a life dedicated to meaningful community action and change!" - Seán P. Duffy, Executive Director, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University

"Eloquent, visionary and accessible …energizes and expands…" - Susie Beiersdorfer, National Community Rights Network

"While set in a ‘time that looms around the corner of today’, this book is filled with detailed descriptions of tools and strategies my students can use here and now." – Dr. Mark Stemen, California State University, Chico

"This novel lets us imagine what is possible in our work for peace with justice."

- Patrick Hiller, War Prevention Initiative