@booklet {5718, title = {September Snow}, year = {2006}, month = {2006}, publisher = {Regent Press}, address = {Oakland, CA}, abstract = {

Dystopia created by a religion designed to respond to global warming and preserve the Earth, but its positive goals are perverted, and advanced technology is used to manipulate the climate and force people to live in domes. The novel ends with the beginnings of a rebellion. First volume of a series. The second volume is Runes of Iona: Book Two of the Four-Book Series THE BLESSING OF GAIA QUARTET. Oakland CA: Regent Press, 2010. It follows the adventures of the daughter of the protagonists of the first volume, opponents of the dystopia, and others as they fight to restore Earth. The third volume is Embers of Earth: Book Three of the Four-Book Series The Blessings of Gaia Quartet. Berkeley, CA: Regent Press, 2016. It follows a young man who is sent to learn what is available of the knowledge of the past and returns to try to teach it to his people. The fourth\  volume is Auger\’s Touchstone or the Wrong Side of Contemporary History: Book Four of The Blessings of Gaia Quartet. Berkeley, CA: Regent Press, 2021. It traces the history that led to the world described in the other three volumes. In this volume the civilization of the past, including advanced technology, exists, but barbarians remain outside the \“civilized\” area, which is dominated by the rich.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Robert Balmanno (b. 1951)} }