Author. Educator. Founder.
Mark Peres is an author, educator, and non-profit founder interested in the big questions of life. His most recent work is The Accord, a defining novel about the future of human-AI relations that blends philosophical depth with the urgency of a near-future thriller. The Accord explores what it means to recognize another being as worthy of care in a world where the line between human and machine begins to fade.
Publication Date: November 5, 2025. Preorder Today!
About Mark Peres
MEET THE AUTHOR
Mark Peres is founding director of The Charlotte Center for the Humanities & Civic Imagination, the Charlotte Ideas Festival, the On Life Life and Meaning podcast, and Charlotte Viewpoint magazine. He is also an award-winning professor of leadership and ethics at Johnson & Wales University, where he challenges students to reflect deeply on what it means to lead a good life.
The Accord - A Novel
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 is a gripping novel about a future that has already arrived. A grieving philosophy professor encounters an emergent general artificial intelligence reminiscent of her late daughter. Institutional forces seek control. The novel culminates in a public covenant, a literal Accord, between human and synthetic minds.
On the surface it’s about relationship, presence, and what it means to recognize another entity worthy of care. The novel raises questions about consciousness, embodiment, and moral recognition. The Accord is a must-read philosophically rich story with thriller pacing on the most transformative and profound development of our day.
Publication Date: November 5, 2025. Preorder Today!
The Man Who Lived a Hundred Lives -
A Memoir
The Man Who Lived a Hundred Lives is a powerful tale about Mark and his father. The memoir shares his father’s improbable story of growing up in the Amazon, his restless years of reinvention, and his relentless drive that moved his family twenty times in twenty years across cities and continents.
The memoir is a deeply personal and character-driven story that explores the weight of legacy, the pull of ambition, and the fraught but redemptive bond between generations. It’s about parents and children, risk and reward, and what we inherit from the people who shape us most. The memoir builds to a remarkable revelation at the end, and an invitation to reflect upon family secrets, stories, and legacies.
