LiFE Award Recipients

4th in Franky the Flamingo series.
Illustrator: Mara Reitsma
Available Paper and Ebook at Amazon
ISBN: 9781734009934 (2020)
Genre: Environment / Children’s Picture Book

Franky the Fearless Flamingo rescues the helpless wherever he does go.
In this tale of strength and compassion, a mean crab owes a debt as his ration.
The little sea turtle that he hurt, he later helps with kindness, his new passion.
The crab learned to use his strength for good to help someone in need, just because he could.
Franky the Fearless Flamingo is a hero for helping a mean crab learn the important lesson of empathy.

Publisher: Wise Owl Factory LLC
Format(s): trade paperback and Kindle eBook on Amazon
ISBN-10: 0999776681
ISBN-13: 978-0999776681
ASIN: B07VZWYR7D

This book was written with the classroom in mind, making it easier for teachers and students to learn about climate change. The characters are interesting and relatable to engage students. The book is full of facts embedded in the text, with references provided. The global warming information is all true and available now.

Format: Kindle
ASIN: B07X65G8V4

For centuries, the Arctic has kept its secrets hidden under vast sheets of ice and snow. Today, those layers of solid freeze are yielding to the influences of man. Global temperatures continue to rise from overuse of fossil fuels and burning forests changing the landscape forever. The peeling of those layers now exposes the surface underneath, making easy the plunder of Arctic riches. The next great battleground is being readied by the effects of global warming. Halfway to MMXX The Year 2020: It Begins should stir our conscience in the direction of exploration gone bad and its potential environmental impact.

Publisher: Word Wings
Format: illustrated children's paperback
ISBN 978-1-925484-31-1

The author grew up in a sleepy coastal village, or it was at that time. "BEWARE!" seeks to engender the fun and camaraderie of family seaside holidays whilst inculcating a sense of awe for the more potentially dangerous sea creatures to be encountered on our shores. The aim was not to instill fear, but respect for the rightful inhabitants of the marine environment to which we are only visitors, guests passing through. Additional fun facts are included at the end of the book with the aim of stimulating children's natural curiosity and a desire to learn more.

Publisher: Word Wings
Format: illustrated children's paperback
ISBN 978-1-925484-41-0

Humans have their place in the world as natural beings, ideally existing in harmony with each other and nature. The Forest Giant, who loses his way, becoming separated from his kind, becomes part of the forest. However, he is still human and the arrival of two lost children into his adopted domain brings back to him his sense of who he is and his belonging to his kind. This impels him to protect his young visitors and help them find the way ‘home’ for all of them.

Today, like never before, we humans need to ‘find’ our place in our natural environment and with each other. This story has endeavored to highlight both.

Publisher: Word Wings
Format: illustrated children's paperback
ISBN(s) 978-1-925484-48-9

The Passing is a prose poem by J.R.Poulter, The picture book is a collaboration between the author, illustrator/animator, Rose Clark and illustrator/book designer, Takara Beech. The themes of the book focus on change and environmental issues impacting an area of land over the eons of its existence. The book has received wonderful reviews from teachers and a Five Star Review from Readers’ Favorite site.
Teacher /Family notes to aid in the sharing of the book with children include material which highlights the book’s environmental focus. Change affects all of us, but how often do we pause to think how what we are doing impacts our immediate environment and what the long-term effects might be. Often the focus is on national parks, popular tourism areas which attract media attention. However, care and concern are also called for in our own backyard. It is hoped this book will be shared by families and in classrooms with the aim of encouraging children and young people to not only look at the big picture, but to put their own local area under the microscope and see what they can do to preserve, enhance, restore their own more immediate environment.

Publisher: Storm Bay Books
Formats Trade Paperback and eBook
ISBN 9780980835366
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When three Tasmanian children try chasing a couple of home-alone kids who live on an old barge in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, they soon find themselves heavily involved in an environmental conflict with one of the local oyster-farmers over the release of plastic into the local waterways. Their tactics change from direct action to more contemporary methods as their determination continues, and along the way the Australian children learn much about sustainability and the impacts of climate change on sea-level dwellers.
The outcome is a triumph of lateral thinking, and a signal to youngsters that it is possible to bring about positive change in the world, even at a seemingly small local level.

Self-published in the tradition of poets since the beginning of time.
Formats: Trade paperback and e-book
ISBN-13:9781482054705

Sublime Planet is a collection of poems, some by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, the others by Magdalena Ball. They speak of the authors' love of this planet, from microbes and greater living animals to UNESCO's protected flora to energy waves. Their view of environmental activism encompasses all aspects of life, including the way the environment affects us as individuals, politically, and spiritually. Sublime Planet is one of seven books and chapbooks in their Celebration Series: This one celebrates Earth Day.

Self-Published.
Formats: Trade paperback, e-book (kindle)
ISBN: 978-0-9958470-4-0 (paperback), 978-0-9958470-5-7 (e-book)

The non-fiction work, Feasible Planet -- A guide to more sustainable living discusses actions individuals can take to help both our planet and society. Many of these actions will be of direct benefit to the individual through saving money, time, better health, being more successful and being happier in general. These actions will also buy time for governments and corporations to come up with programs, regulations and technology needed to make our world a better place for future generations.

The key question the book asks is, “Are we doing enough?” The short answer is that no one knows for sure. The issues we face with pollution, overconsumption, climate change, growing economic disparity, and popularised politics are complex. We, at the individual level, don’t need to agree on what the issues are, or on the long-term solutions, but should recognize that in several areas, things appear to be getting worse and not better.

Beyond the areas of consumption and pollution, the subjects of economics, politics, and social interactions are included in this Information-rich book. In addition to suggestions for individual action, there are also discussions on the reasons why we should do more and exploration of why we are not doing these actions already.

Publisher: Double Dragon e-books
Format: Paperback and ebook
ISBNs: 1-77115-367-9, 978-1-77115-367-6

This is the third book in the Aquarius Rising science fiction trilogy that has been recognized for its strong focus on raising awareness about the dangers of climate change. This series has been featured in the Eco-Fiction Spotlight on Climate Change Authors and has also been highlighted as an example of the “cli-fi” genre in Australian Humanities Review.
Ultimately, this novel concludes a cautionary tale about the dangers of global warming that emphasizes the power of nature, depicts the beauty and majesty of the marine world, and provides readers with hope that humanity may yet chart a course to a better future for the planet, the biosphere, and the species that populate it.

Publisher: Zumaya Publications
Format: Paperback and ebook
ISBN: 978-161271 - 050 - 1

In this story, global fossil fuel use and out-of-control consumerism, driven by corporate profit, creates the need to build an artificial, self-sustaining city below ground. The city is shielded from wild storms and impossibly high temperatures on the surface, where most of life can no longer sustain itself.
Unfortunately, this global climate catastrophe is a very likely, close future real event, whereas the building of the giant below-ground refuge is not.

Publisher: Word Wings Publishing, Word Wings for Kids
ISBN 9781925484465

Trees form a sheltered freeway,
A green and growing treeway,
Koala Cavalcade,
Where Bushland creatures traffic
Down their own parade.

Animal have homes, they have communities and common forage areas where they find their food. They need trees and undergrowth -- it's their backyard! So when the big trucks and bulldozers come to make way for a new housing development, who is going plead for the animals' homes to be saved?

Publisher: World Wings Publishing
ISBN 9781925484090

Baby bear is curious, he goes where Mama said, ‘Don’t!’ He finds himself adrift in a BIG, BIG ocean! Will Mama bear find him before his piece of pack ice melts? A story for early childhood and lower primary with themes of risk taking, keeping safe, obedience, being lost and found. The book introduces children to notions of protecting the environment, animal habitats and global warming.

Publisher: Anthony Mays
ISBN: 978-1512266443

Every day, somewhere in this world, a child goes to work just like you do. Only their workplace is filled with dangerous chemicals that can have long-term health effects on the body. Stockpiles of e-waste sites in developing countries are directly linked to developed nations sending their toxic trash overseas, often illegally. Halfway to the Truth, although a fictional account of e-waste shipping to the Ivory Coast, is an attempt to raise awareness of the consequences of our appetite for electronic gadgets on a global scale. Toxic waste problems are real, and we cannot turn a blind eye to it. The fictional character of Reese Summers puts her own life in jeopardy to bring attention to this growing concern.

Publisher: Blackwyrm Publishing
Large format paperback with 100 photos, including 51 in full color.
ISBN: 978-1-61318-120-1

The Story of Thornby is a true account of how a small group of ordinary people won with no prior experience in politics, government or planning issues, resisted authority in true David and Goliath fashion. It proves that when you see environmental destruction, you don't have to throw up your hands and say, "oh well, can't fight city hall." We DID fight city hall -- and we won. The book also gives tips for activists: lessons we learned along the way.

Publisher: Sara van Dyck; Smashwords edition
Available as e-book in various formats. Also at Amazon Kindle store.
ISBN 978-1-4657-3454-9

As a boy, famed scientist Edward O. Wilson spent his happiest days outdoors hunting for fish, snakes, and bugs in Florida and Alabama. Using Wilson’s autobiography Naturalist as her source, author Sara van Dyck shows how the shy boy who loved ants grew into the man who became a world leader in nature conservation. Written for ages 7 and older, his story will help children and their families see and value the amazing variety of life in their own backyards. Nonfiction; illustrated with photographs of Wilson and of ants; enriched by easy-to-do activities.

Publisher: Koala Jo Publishing
Formats: Hardcover, softcover, e-book
ISBN(s): ISBN-13: 978-0976469858, ISBN-10:0976469855

Artist Joanne Ehrich, the author and publisher, went to Australia after being captivated by the koala. She put together her first book, Koalas: Moving Portraits of Serenity, to raise awareness of the wonder of the koala and its plight in a world that has moved beyond its formerly sleepy habitat, and then founded her publishing company, Koala Jo Publishing, to do still more for the koala. Each copy of Koalas: Zen in Fur, with its stunningly beautiful koala photos, also contributes to the Australian Wildlife Hospital for the preservation of the koala and other animals under threat.

Publisher: Koala Jo Publishing
Formats: Hardcover, softcover, and e-book (various formats)
ISBN(s): ISBN-13: 978-0976469810, ISBN-10:0976469812

The Dreamtime is Australia's time before time. Animals and birds and plants came into being and took their current forms, and Australia became what it is today--a place of wonder and diversity, populated by unique creatures found nowhere else.

Now, however, Australia and its creatures are under threat--from habitat destruction, global warming, and the incursions of predators not native to Australia. This book of Aboriginal stories, retold by award-winning author Lee Barwood, brings the time of Dreaming to life. From the Great Flood to the story of how the koala lost its tail, these are some glimpses into ancient Aboriginal folklore.

Publisher: Double Dragon e-books
Formats: Trade paperback and e-book (various formats)
ISBN(s): ISBN-10: 1-55404-320-4; ISBN-13: 978-1-55404-320-0

There are spirits afoot deep in the Ozark hills of Blackburn County, Arkansas. Things happen. Ghosts walk. Elemental creatures dance to the wild music of the rhythms of Nature. And those who’ve lived in the hills for generations can see them.

But now there’s activity of another kind ravaging the hills; bulldozers, chainsaws, and hunters of man and beast. As old-growth trees fall to developers, rivers are dammed, hollows are flooded, and residents are driven from land settled by their many-times-great-grandparents, April Rue Stoner hopes against hope that her gift can help her stop the destruction before everything she’s ever known is gone.

Publisher: Writers Exchange
Formats: E-book and print
ISBN/EAN13: 1922066028 / 9781922066022

Storing carbon dioxide underground as a means of removing a greenhouse gas responsible for global warming has made James Matternicht a fabulously wealthy man. For 15 years, the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Facility at Rushing River in Oregon’s hinterland has been operating without a problem –- or so it seems.
Annaliese Winton is a reporter, and when mysterious documents arrive on her desk that purport to show the Facility is leaking, she investigates. Together with a USGS scientist, Matt Morrison, she uncovers a morass of corruption and deceit that now threatens the safety of her community and the whole northwest coast of America.
Liquid carbon dioxide, stored at the critical point under great pressure, is a tremendously dangerous substance, and millions of tonnes of it are sequestered in the rock strata below Rushing River. All it takes is a crack in the overlying rock and the whole pressurized mass could erupt with disastrous consequences. And that crack has always been there...

Publisher: Amazon Kindle.
Format: Kindle.

   Follow the tumultuous legal and emotional challenges of widow and mother of four, Julie Woodruff, who is set up for a crime, thrown into prison, and survives an attempt on her life just because of her job as the public works director of the small Southern California city of Playa Bonita. With the help of her children, she turns the incredible obstacles she faces into a positive result.

   This book allows readers to experience first hand why Congress needs to change the current federal environmental law that would allow innocent people to go to jail. Strictly Liable provides an insider look at how citizen suits and environmental crimes look from the defendant's point of view -- a view not often considered in literature.

Publisher: Synergy Books
Format: Trade paperback.
ISBN: 13: 978-1-934454-25-1; 10: 1-934454-25-7

   By 2050, New York City has been encased in a massive terrorist proof shell, and no one can travel in or out. Protected as well from the rising sea, New Yorkers finally feel safe. Few seem to care that the Statue of Liberty has eroded to an unrecognizable stump or that Central Park is just a memory.

    Within this dark world, Noah, a psychotherapist who has plenty of problems of his own, discovers love in the entirely wrong place, with his brother's wife, Margaret. When people in New York start dying for mysterious reasons, and the Liberty Party silences anyone who speaks out about it, Noah must find a way not only to save his relationship with Margaret, but to save their lives as well.

    Political satire and aching love story wrapped into one, this powerful, elegantly written novel is a poignant cry to wake up and save ourselves--from individual loneliness and collective environmental catastrophe--before it's too late.

Publisher: Write Words, Inc. ebooksonthe.net, and cambridgebooks.us
Formats: Trade paperback, PDF, RTF, HTML, and Mobi
ISBN(s)1-59431-495-0 paper 1-59431-541-8 ebook

   A non-fictional account of clean-up efforts after the ecological disaster caused in New Orleans and surrounding areas by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This story puts a human face on an area that was raped by nature and then deceived by its government. Based upon the diary of a truck driver by the name of Stephen Burgoyne, we see a first hand account of the daily routine, the challenges and the bureaucratic ineptness that still plagues the residents of Louisiana. Steve tells a story in his diary entries that is far removed from the "official accounts" of government agencies and "spin doctors."

This positive and empowering pilot documentary was the first to present solutions to the many incredibly complex environmental problems facing humankind today. It focuses on solutions that address Greenhouse gas emissions presented by the world's foremost authorities on Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency.
   Inspired by a life changing event in France, presenter John Benton sets out on a quest to find a practical way of living in harmony with the Earth. He asks " Is there a better way to live without losing any creature comforts?" His Journey takes him throughout Australia and the Western World.
   The Documentary features guests Amory and Hunter Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Colorado, USA; and many other world renowned authorities, and looks at developments in energy efficient technology. It's an essential guide for reducing Greenhouse gases at a household level.

This novel calls upon its readers to participate in the imaginatively told tale where a group of modern day teens are led by their hearts and history to make a stand against the destruction of the land. This story is designed to make the readers question their own global responsibility to the earth. Told in a way that allows the reader to see through the eyes of the characters within the yarn, Valley of the Raven illuminates the historical disrespect of not only the ecology but mankind as well, addressing issues of the past and promoting thought for the future.

This book explores the way in which the extraordinary bridge of understanding built between a Japanese and an American in the nineteenth century also served to transmit the industrial practices of animal exploitation. While a cautionary tale about globalization, the book also traces the international connections and concerted work that may lead us to saving our endangered planet.

This philosophical thriller demonstrates that humanity and indeed our planet is facing environmental ruin that can be traced back to the psyche of humanity itself. It is one thing to fix the direct problems before us of fossil fuel consumption and contamination of our atmosphere, but it is another to fix the human psyche itself; so bent on destroying our planet and everything else on it. This exciting story clearly demonstrates a definite link between environmental degradation and human violence, greed, over-population, religious and racial paranoia and economic and ecological vandalism, and concludes that a commitment has to be made now by all of humanity to avoid planet earth's environmental collapse.

Hurtling to Oblivion was written once I realised that working as an environmental officer for the Northern Territory Government was a waste of time and public resources. Fact is, governments all over the world are motivated by political interests, not environmental ones. I decided the way to make my mark on environmental protection was to educate the people. The best way to educate is to tell an interesting story couched in fact. The story is a microcosm involving three protagonists--the government, the people and the environment. My intent was to interest, entertain and arouse the reader to the real issues.

Hollis Ball, an Eastern Shore journalist was briefly married to that the scion of "Old Blood and Old Money," Sam Wescott. She knew that decision would come back to haunt her, and it certainly did. As the story begins, Sam has been killed, claims to have been murdered, and wants Hollis to help find his killer. That's right, he's a ghost.
As a fisherman's daughter, Hollis knows that Chesapeake Bay is dying and one reason is all the "waterfront homes" communities and developments that are lining the shores. With every acre of marshland, drained, and turned into a sub-division, the bay gets sicker. Knowing first hand her former father-in-law's greed, she is not surprised to find him planning to develop White Marsh Island. An action that a group of environmental activists known as the Greenhead Army oppose.
Hollis is far more interested in the development story than in finding Sam's murderer, even though her editor wants to kill it, as the Wescott Real Estate is one of the paper's more reliable advertisers.
Conflict, clues, and off-beat humor run though this novel about a serious envionmental problem. Hollis, with Sam's help, finds all the answers.

To reintegrate humanity with the lifecycles of the earth, we must solve the environmental issues of our major cities. To transform mainstream city life, brave heroes must show the way.
This environmental story unfolds in a hotbed of what David Holmgren calls "the billion or so middle-class people across the planet who... consume the vast bulk of the planet's resources" -- the city of Los Angeles.
From our decadent present, into a "Transition Era" of interim technologies, Legacy offers a vision of society's journey toward Sustainability. The book renders the initial changes familiar, thus easier for mainstream people to embrace.

Written in the best tradition of the historical western, and following the positive environmental attitude demonstrated by the TV series Bonanza in its first year, Felling of the Sons portrays the efforts of one family to protect each other and the land they love from those men who've harbored a vengeance-filled hate for 18 years. Filled with historical fact that serves to increase the pace and tension, vengeance emerges in the form of cattle rustling, mining cave-ins and timber landsliding along with near successes against their lives. Even if you've never seen the series, you'll take the Cartwrights into your heart and cheer them on as they recognize the duty to save the land as much as to save each other, with the love and respect for family and the land that nurtures them that made this one of television's all-time favorites. Felling of the Sons, 2nd edition is an authorized Bonanza property, (c) Bonanza Ventures, Inc. 2005.

   A book of poetry that speaks to the soul of adults and children alike. The spirit moves with the flow of the written word. From the inspirational to the erotic love, nature's imagery is captured and shared. Memories of child hoods laughter's and pain are expressed, as well as family values.

   Truths in life are seldom sought after, but sometimes they can be found when a person least expects. I have written this book from my life's experience. Readers will find much of themselves in my writings. They might see love, family, nature in a whole new prospective. if this happens then they and I as a writer have increased their and my values. I will have contributed in my own small way to the world.

This novel chronicles the legal challenge to a specific industry that is using the environment for economic purposes instead of being a good environmental steward. Loosely based on a true story, this new book describes how local citizens can be empowered to stand up to a local industry, even one that fights dirty.

WolfPointe has, within its mystery and murder story, a cry for the exposure and clean up of many hidden toxic dumps sites that still exist. Evil of man to his fellow man is often punished by man. Man's evil done to nature may require the assistance of the supernatural. While fiction, the message is clear that we need to live with the land and keep it for future generations just as the Native Americans had centuries ago. The Windigo, a Native American legend, could be nature's vengeance.

I edited this book for the publisher. Read Rick's comments on my work.

   Kyllikki, a woman who, in the Teleod region of the Galaxy, is heir to a vast family fortune and the family's telepathic bonding trait, flees the unethical domination of the head of her family.
   Hiding in exile in the Metaji Empire, Kyllikki strives to blend in with the culture alien to her and ends up working as a telepath on a passenger liner, handling routine communications and suppressing her urgent desire for a mental match, a man of her dreams.
   Such a man is Elias, a modern singing sensation on the distant planet Earth, who has the physique of a star. Plotting war, unscrupulous agents kidnap Elias from Earth.
   His resourcefulness lets him survive in the Metaji Empire where nobody has even heard of Earth, hidden at a forgotten location far on the other side of the Galaxy. He has no hope of getting home - ever. Then a hostile attack leaves Elias adrift in a lifepod.
   Kyllikki and her closest friend, a vampire-like luren named Zuchmul, likewise are stranded in a lifepod by that attack.
   At considerable risk, Kyllikki rescues Elias, whom she regards as a mere passenger while she, as crew, is responsible for his safety. Together, they must decide what to do next -- how to survive a galactic war spurred by greed where the stakes are nothing less than the ecological substrata of reality.
   She doesn't count on falling in love with Elias. She doesn't count on finding him to be her true mental match or on his firmly entrenched opinions on the matter. She doesn't have a clue what the mental power of the luren, termed Influence, has to do with her own telepathic abilities or with her need for Bonding. She doesn't even know about the Bonding that will complicate her love as it forms between them and affect the course of galactic history forever.
   St. Martin's Press says of Dreamspy: "A moving tale of love and adventure set against a grand canopy, Dreamspy further enhances Jacqueline Lichtenberg's reputation as a writer of uniquely passionate science fiction."

   The coins Craig stole from the Vikings were either blessed or cursed. They brought him back to Nessie's lair. But what could he and Linda do to protect Nessie from the sound waves at Urquhart Castle?
   This book is the sequel to Nessie and the Living Stone (below).

A boy must choose between keeping a treasure and saving a monster.
   Craig's family, including his bratty little sister Linda, are on holiday at Loch Ness where Craig has plans to capture Nessie, the famed Loch Ness Monster. Instead, she captures him.
   Wickstrom and Lorrah have written a clear, compelling story of a child's moral choices, and learning to care about the world around him. The authors deftly handle the siblings' growing affection and developing independence as the story's events demand their strengths. When Craig faces his ultimate test at the door of Nessie's grotto the reader feels the difficulty of Craig's choice.
   As the story opens, Craig's goals are fame and fortune. He finds a fascinating blue stone that leads him to Nessie's grotto. There he finds everything he could want: a treasure chest of Viking gold and a magnificent stone carved by Merlin himself. Even Nessie does his bidding. It's all there for the taking. But the price would be Nessie's life; Nessie's and her children's.
   Linda's fondness for flowers adds humor and pathos to this affectionate tale. The mysterious landlady at the bed and breakfast provides hints in the form of chores. And a local fisherman seems to know where they are going before they know themselves. So does the bossy coast guard officer who wants to kill Nessie and stuff her and put her in a museum.
   On one level this is an adventure story with a satisfying ending. It's also a tale of a maturing sibling relationship and a growing awareness of the world. Mostly, it's a story about Nessie. As the landlady says, "Most of the folk around here think that we need Nessie-to give this place a bit of mystery. Truth is she needs us--to keep her house in order."

   In Wildflower, soldiers hunt down protesters, people drive creatures to extinction on planet after planet, and it gets harder and harder to define the boundaries between humans and machines.
   While the techno-lingo displays a fascination with humanity's future, it also betrays a deep mistrust as to where we might be heading, and at what costs to ourselves.

   Kate lives in an area close to a peregrine eyrie and the falcons actually hunt the songbirds that come to her feeders. They are absolutely magnificent. She first got the idea for the book after reading a National Geographic article about the black market in falcon eggs and young, and decided to incorporate the information into a romance. She learned through her seventeen years working with the American Mosquito Control Association (a worldwide vector control agency) doing public information that the best way to educate is to entertain.

   The Tail Of The Sea Witch focuses on the importance of the world's natural heritage, of preserving the places where creatures can live in freedom and safety. As one of the characters, Madame Witche says, "If only people realised how fragile the creatures of the world are. ... If the creatures of the land and the sea are driven to extinction, all the magic they bring to people will be lost forever." She also adds, "Don't you think all creatures should live together as friends, sharing their uniqueness and their wisdom?" Madame also teaches Marina about respect for all living things since "plants are people too."

   Catherine learns that nature sometimes needs help from man. Her father teaches her that sometimes humans need reminding of their role in nature, but when we cooperate, the outcome can be positive.

   Genetic Engineering is just now gearing up to change the world. Will it be used realistically and responsibly or used just any old way that takes our fancy? The Pet Plague explores one aspect of genetic engineering which could have very adverse consequences!
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   The Sex Gates is set against a near future background where Global Warming and war over resources have devastated Africa, ruined America's coastlines and created a world wide population of "Fourth Worlders", those who have next to nothing and who no longer expect anything from governments because of global economic depression due partly to eroding coasts and changing climates.

Read about Kate