Book Review Project Black Hungarian is a most unusual spy novel - a combination of facts and a fictional story that's based on true events and real role models for characters. Published in August 2014, recent developments in the automotive industry - the Volkswagen Diesel scandal starting in 2015 [...]
Part 1 - Highly Unusual The spy novel Project Black Hungarian was not only co-authored, but published simultaneously in English and in German. If that doesn’t make it unique it does, nevertheless, make it highly unusual. What follows is an attempt to explain how such a potentially fiddly project was able to [...]
What do 2 million people, 388 electric vehicles and a parachutist have in common? They were all part of Switzerland's largest festival in the city center of Zurich on the first weekend of July in 2013. An event that had secured a place on the list of "hot [...]
A peculiar situation Project Black Hungarian
Jasnas character in the novel Vivacious, quirky and red-haired, Jasna is a regular companion to her husband Andrej on his expeditions and rallyes, such that her knowledge of the industry would give him a good run for his money. A talker who runs on caffeine, but takes in more [...]
At the beginning - in Vienna Project Black Hungarian
Who knows what One of the first things to decide on when writing a novel is the narrative perspective. During their author's kick-off boot camp in September 2013, Niall and Alice decided on a third person perspective which is very common for fictional stories. But they had a feeling that [...]
Martin's character in the novel Martin is an IT expert and resident smartass. But don’t be filled by the quips: he takes his job seriously. His latest mission seems relatively low-key. Posing as one half of Team ‘Just Married’, his objective is to ensure that Andrej’s technology survives the [...]
Tamara's and Manfred's character in the novel They are one of the few couples among the participants of the rallye. An amiable husband and wife team who find themselves the object of Alain’s scrutiny. Tamara and Manfred are modest and mindful AND seem to have a considerate knowledge of electric [...]
The threat of change March 6, 2016 The authors of Project Black Hungarian cooked up a conspiracy against clean mobility. But could it be true? Automotive companies, carmakers and suppliers alike, talk to each other. On all levels. All the time. That’s no secret to anybody in this [...]
