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From a life of quiet influence to the center of a nation's storm, Sehn's world is irrevocably transformed by a single act of unexpected heroism. Suddenly thrust into the digital spotlight, he becomes a reluctant prophet, his image radiating an inexplicable light that ignites a firestorm of fervent devotion and political maneuvering. When offered the ultimate prize - a seat on the Supreme Court - Sehn must navigate a treacherous path, battling not only the entrenched power of the establishment but also the weight of divine expectation. Can he reconcile his past with his newfound destiny? Will he succumb to the intoxicating allure of power or forge a new path guided by his own evolving principles? Sehn's Quest is a gripping exploration of faith, ambition, and the unpredictable nature of fate in a world obsessed with the digital gaze.
'The book is a political fantasy revolving around the central character Sehn – Sehnsucht, the longing but never attaining of Utopia. It starts as Sehn’s unexpected act of heroism finds him through the power of the cyberworld on the US Supreme Court. He engages in several polemics with his associate justices, notably on the control of the individual over their own bodies. After a pyrrhic victory he leaves the court with the overturn of Roe. He becomes the PM of the UK in the vacuum left by Liz Truss and again through the cybersphere, strengthened by subterranauts binds up a nation from which Sehn goes on to strive to calm an increasingly confrontational and toxic planet. It comprises a series of vignettes dealing with key value issues of the day at both the political and personal level. The reader is left wondering if Sehn does manage to depolarize a fragile world.' Michael Sarris
ISBN : 978-1-83543-659-2
Published: 11/12/2025
Pages : 164
Size : 205x140
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
Simon Mitchell was born in Uganda in 1959. He moved to Rhodesia at nine months old. He left at sixteen to avoid the army and went to a minor UK public school and the University of London. Then, he did a postgraduate at Groupe Essec in Paris and returned to Zimbabwe post-independence. He battled the World Bank until they recruited him. In his twenty-five WB years, Simon lived in Washington, DC, Belgrade, and Rabat. After retirement, Simon followed his spouse with their twelve-year-old son when he was posted to Bangkok.