title: Shears of Fate
author: Walter, Leslie
description: In 1996, Hayden Lloyd, a young man from Stratford-upon-Avon, says goodbye to his girlfriend and family to pursue a career with an overseas posting to Iran. There is no way to predict, how this venture will influence his life, and the lives of those who know him.
   Adapting to life, within a society of different cultural values, and strict religious discipline, he follows his heart, secretively stepping over religious boundaries, to create an unconventional lifestyle of his own.
   However, his new life becomes engulfed by political events, as everyday life in Tehran is subjected to anti-regime demonstrations, which develop into riots. As revolution evolves, the Shah of Iran is compelled to vacate the Peacock Throne, and Haydon Lloyd finds himself facing emotional turmoil and physical danger.