Creator / Richard Rohmer

Richard Heath Rohmer (born January 24, 1924) is a Canadian author retired Major-General. His books touch on the issues of the day of the 1970s and 1980s - energy independence, the central nature of oil and natural gas, Quebec separatism, Albertan anger over the Canadian energy policy called the NEP, the threat of nuclear war, and so on.

His books tend to feature rather interesting gambits, and more often than not the real baddies of his books tend to get a dose of Laser-Guided Karma (e.g. a weapon they plan to use on someone else gets used on them). Additionally, his books also tend to embody a rather quirky form of a right-wing Canadian nationalist view of the world and the United States in particular: Rohmer clearly has no love of the bullying tactics the USA can engage in, but also tends to have a dim view of left-wing politicians of any country: his expies of Pierre Trudeau range from being necessary agents to the plot, to being blowhards who find themselves weakened badly as the story progresses.

Probably fairly presciently for writing in the 1970s, Rohmer predicted the rise of right-wing political figures in the USA and the UK, generally endowing the US with neoconservative or at the very least pro-business Presidents.

Partial list of books written:

• Ultimatum (1973)
• Exxoneration (1974)
• Exodus UK (1975)
• Separation (1976)
• Balls (1979)
• Periscope Red (1980)
• Separation Two (1981)
• Triad (1982)^note Aside from the word, this book has nothing to do with Chinese Triad gangs.
• Retaliation (1982)