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The great and the good, the powerful and the feared end up, to misquote Enoch Powell, "lonely, bitter and alone at home". In A View from the Sidelines, Michael Shea offers a behind-the-scenes account of his years with presidents, monarchs, captains of industry, film stars, secret agents and their hangers-on.
Michael Shea (1946-2014) was one of the most distinguished, respected, and beloved figures in the fields of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He won two World Fantasy Awards, and his Nifft the Lean series of fantasy adventure novels attracted a wide audience. He also wrote powerful tales of supernatural horror, including several tales elaborating upon H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. This first major volume of writings and tributes to appear after his untimely death contains an array of fiction, poetry, and other writings that demonstrate Shea's effortless skill in different genres and styles. Four substantial tales--including the unpublished novella "Credit Card" and the award-winning ...
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Michael Shea again uses his inimitable behind-the-scenes knowledge of government and political machinations to give us a gripping new thriller. There is something very wrong with the Prime Minister of Britain. He's fatally ill with a mysterious disease, but the country can't know about it until a cure is found or national safety will be put in severe jeoparday... in fact, this mysterious illness, 'Surge disease' as it's dubbed, is not just affecting the Prime Minister, it's affecting a number of famous figures of power. It's too coincidental to be random -- these men are being targetted. Harper Guthrie is a US scientist who specializes in rare diseases, and has been tracking the mysterious disease attempting to ensure it doesn't become a modern plague. Lloyd Thane is the PM's young gun spin doctor and, having already tasted the heady sensation of power, he's determined to keep the PM's secret for as long as possible. Rebecca Stevenson is a UK research scientist who is integral to the search for the cure -- and who is also the object of desire for both men. They all have their own motivations for stopping the spread of the modern plague -- but will they be in time?
The foreign embassies have moved from Bonn to Berlin. Caught in a range of tensions and negotiations, the British Ambassador and his Head of Chancery are forced into an alliance to maintain the compromises between internal rivalries and external crises, personal problems and professional demands.
After the explosion of a radio transmitter in Scotland, the Bondi, a giant American telecommunications corporation, attempt a political coup. Ministers are seized and a puppet government installed as a front for Bondi. However, not everyone accepts the new order and a counter-coup is set up.
The 1970s: ""the Norsemen"" is a mysterious union made up of northern businessmen from Scotland and Scandinavia. No-one knows where their sympathies -- political or otherwise -- lie, although they are thought to be well-intentioned. But when the union becomes slowly infiltrated by individuals with a very different agenda, the overall balance of the group is shifted . . .