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Ross Adams, Historian and Futurist

Ross Adams writes geopolitical thrillers that ask a simple question. How do small, overlooked economic, environmental and political shifts escalate into global events? It's a question he's spent his career studying.

By day, Ross is a transactional and intellectual property attorney. He holds a degree in History from Princeton University and a law degree with honors from Boston University School of Law, and began his legal career clerking for a...

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The Siberian Question

A Hammurabi Code Novel

Book #2 from the series: The Hammurabi Code Series

A prequel toThe Price of Water, the geopolitical thriller readers called "disturbingly plausible," "compulsively readable," and "less like fiction than a classified briefing."

Before water becomes the world's most valuable commodity, before global systems fracture under environmental and political strain, there is The Siberian Question.

In this...

The Price of Water

A Hammurabi Code Novel

Book #1 from the series: The Hammurabi Code Series

In the dystopian landscape of 2051, a world already in a catastrophic water crisis is under the tight grip of the Water Cabal, a powerful conglomerate of private water companies. Amidst this dire situation, a visionary Ghanaian scientist, armed with revolutionary water purification technology, unwittingly becomes the target of the Cabal's...

Series

The Hammurabi Code Series

The Siberian Question and The Price of Water

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Praise

This is the first book that I've read that was written by Ross Adams. It was very well written with a combination of adventure, good story telling, and a strong intellectual foundation. This is a must read!

– Claude H

Ross has captured the essence of what could be our future. A great read about where our world is heading; a world where water is scarce and the supply controlled by profiteers who will stop at nothing to maintain their monopoly. Believable and understandable, “The Price of Water” will make a great movie. Great job!

– Giraffeman

Often taken for granted, water is brought into our collective consciousness as to how valuable and politically important and can and will be. Ross Adams winds an engaging tale around the world with vivid characters. Brilliantly developed. Enjoy this one!

– David McQuade

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Latest Updates

July 31, 2026

July 31, 2026 - The Education Continues

Dear Friend,

July 2026 is coming to an end and I couldn't help reflect on my journey as an author since May of 2024. That's when I met a certain gentlemen with whom I've met...

July 2, 2026

2026 Global BookFest Honour

The Siberian Question has been recognized as a Featured Author title in the 2026 BookFest Awards, one of the leading independent book festivals.

June 20, 2026

A Quick Favor - Where to Leave a Review

If you've read The Siberian Question or The Price of Water and you've been meaning to leave a review, here's everything you need in one place.

Reviews are the single most...

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June 10, 2026

Pressure Points - Power Shifts Before It Collapses

The most consequential period in any geopolitical transition is not the collapse. It's the shift that precedes it.

This is the sixth and final entry in the Pressure Points series, a collection of observations on resource scarcity, infrastructure fragility, and geopolitical leverage that informs the analytical foundation of the Hammurabi Code Series. If you're arriving here for the first time, the previous five entries are linked throughout this piece. Start anywhere. But this one is the...

June 5, 2026

Pressure Points — The Legal Architecture of Resource Exploitation

By the time the regulation exists, the leverage is already in place.

There is a pattern I have watched repeat itself across resource sectors throughout more than three decades of legal practice. It is not dramatic. It does not make headlines when it happens. It happens quietly, incrementally, and entirely within the law.

The pattern is this: the legal and corporate mechanisms for resource exploitation consistently outpace the regulatory frameworks designed to govern them. This is not...

May 31, 2026

Pressure Points — Scarcity Changes Political Behavior

It isn't the shortage that reshapes geopolitics. It's who controls the shortage.

In the autumn of 1973, the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announced an embargo on oil exports to the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The stated reason was political. Retaliation for Western support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War. The actual mechanism was resource control.

Within months, the price of oil had quadrupled. Gasoline lines stretched around city blocks in...

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