(Chapter 30, page
203: …“People
are quite angry with your Status Act theory. *)
The Status Act
and the Constitution: The status of Iceland within Denmark was constantly
debated. In the end the Danes in 1871 made a unilateral decision. Under the
Status Act, Iceland was defined as “...an inalienable part of the Danish realm,
with special national rights.” The Althing rejected the new Status Act. When
the millennium of the settlement of Iceland was celebrated in 1874, Christian
IX the King of Denmark made a state visit to his dominion, the first royal
visit to Iceland. Jón Sigurðsson, president of Althing and the islanders’
acclaimed leader was not invited as he would have overshadowed the king.
Yet another historical echo in the political thriller "Vulture's Lair" by top Icelandic author Hallur Hallsson.
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Book Description
A gripping political thriller set a few years into the
future when the EU has become a fully federal superstate. A political
elite out of control. A lone man seeking the truth Murder, mayhem and
intrigue leading to the Vulture's Lair Brussels. The highest ranking
Icelandic official at the United States of Europe, Solman Smithson,
hears the voice of his old friend Krummi, who is fighting off armed
guards. Krummi and Solman grew up together in the Westman Islands but
while Solman became a bureaucrat, Krummi went to sea as one of Iceland's
last fishermen. The Vulture is looking down on its prey. The chance
encounter takes place as the new president, Erich Devereux, is installed
into power. But rumours circulate that corrupt votes put him in power.
Murders and violent attacks on journalists and academics proliferate in
an apparently unconnected way. And as momentum builds in Iceland for
independence from the USE the tempo of violence and intrigue quickens.
The Vulture moves toward its prey. Fate decrees that only the big
fisherman from the Westman Islands stands in the way of the dark forces
of chaos. But can a fisherman from Iceland work out what is really going
on. And can he survive long enough to make a difference. The Vulture
closes in.
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