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.
For the American author of fantasy and science fiction see Michael Shea
Michael Sinclair MacAuslan Shea was press secretary to the Queen from 1978 to 1987. Earlier he had been a career diplomat and was also an author of political thrillers and non-fiction.