New York: Arbor House, (1986). Hardcover first edition - A fantasy about a rock concert that saves the world. Billy grew up in the 60s but is now stranded in the 80s and so depressed by the threat of nuclear war that he leaves his wife and children, takes off for San Francisco, to solve the problem all by himself, by decoding the messages John Lennon left for him in song lyrics. Cover praise from Stephen King ("Shelter made me laugh so hard I cried. It puts the entire nuclear circus in exactly the mad perspective it deserves"), Douglas Adams and others. 136 pp. ISBN: 0-87795772X.