The Isolation of men 1st edition

Set in different times and places, The Isolation of Men is a collection of eleven stories chronicling the intriguing, unexpected, and sometimes extreme effects on various individuals of their becoming alienated alienation from the societies they live in.

Emperor. Third Century BC China. A story of one man?s ruthlessness, paranoia, and the limits of absolute power.

Heretic. Medieval France. A man is caught up in a vicious cat and mouse game between the authorities and a heretical sect in medieval France.

Interpreter. Early Sixteenth Century Peru. A young Indian acts as an interpreter between the Spanish conquistadores and the Inca king. What starts out as his minor errors in translation turns into something far more sinister.

Renaissance. Fifteenth Century Italy. After an attempt on the life of the ruler of a Renaissance city a failed assassin finds refuge in a remote lakeside villa. Will retribution follow?

Apart. Mid Sixteenth Century Russia. Sick of the slaughter and mayhem he encounters, a member of Ivan the Terrible?s private militia gives his protection to one of the most vulnerable groups of the Tsar?s subjects.

Taiping. Nineteenth Century China. An officer deserts the British army to join the Taiping revolt - an attempt by a fanatical sect to overthrow the Manchu dynasty and bring a form of Christianity to China.

Apache. The Wild West. A member of a posse sent to chase down a band of renegade Apaches is captured and taken to the Indians? camp, where he awaits torture and death.

Cop. Present Day Britain. A policeman continues paying informers out of his own pocket after his retirement, eventually taking the law into his hands in a most extreme manner.

Ambush. Present Day - An Unspecified Country & Switzerland. A journalist, investigating a political murder in a country racked by civil war, gets embroiled in matters outside his control.

Escape. 2020 Britain. A devastating ecological accident seen through the eyes of a high ranking civil servant.

The Oldest Man in the World. Near Future ? The USA. A billionaire plans a radical solution to the problem of ageing.