{"product_id":"turtlegate-iii-dwayne-kurfirst-9798176149241","title":"Turtlegate III: The Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe future has been examined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe past has been questioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow comes the difficult part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiving in the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter everything that happened in \u003ci\u003eTurtleGate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Root of All Problems\u003c\/i\u003e, life at Dragon Acres should finally be getting simpler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald is still a turtle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ancient dragon is still sleeping beneath the marsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToni would still prefer everyone use a little common sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Aria-the artificial intelligence created to help protect Dragon Acres-is becoming extraordinarily good at understanding what she \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, that raises a much harder question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho gave her permission to do it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dragon Acres confronts new questions about ownership, stewardship, protection, knowledge, technology, and responsibility, Dwayne and Aria begin to discover that some of the most important boundaries cannot be written into software.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapability is not authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProtection is not control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnowledge is not wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd uncertainty is not permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins at one unusual property in Indiana becomes a larger exploration of what it means to care for something without possessing it, protect someone without controlling them, and build a better future without sacrificing the people, places, creatures, and freedoms that make that future worth having.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald, meanwhile, remains unconvinced that civilization needed this much help in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTurtleGate III: The Present\u003c\/b\u003e brings the Dragon Acres trilogy home with the humor, philosophy, artificial intelligence, turtles, dragons, family, friendship, and wonderfully unnecessary complications that began with one very simple mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA turtle was mistaken for a dragonfly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree books later, everyone is still dealing with the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beneath the absurdity lies the final question of the trilogy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe cannot change yesterday.\u003cbr\u003eWe cannot control tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003eSo what will we do with today?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, thoughtful, hopeful, and deeply human, \u003ci\u003eTurtleGate III: The Present\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about stewardship, restraint, freedom, responsibility, and learning that sometimes the wisest thing intelligence can do is know when to leave something alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome back to Dragon Acres.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald has been waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he would like everyone to stop touching things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dwayne Kurfirst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798176149241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Dwayne Kurfirst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780105572607,"sku":"9798176149241","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdaae85c-42cc-48b7-8f62-f63bb50d720b.jpg?v=1792949301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/turtlegate-iii-dwayne-kurfirst-9798176149241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}