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
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 [...]
Andrejs character in the novel Andrej is a technologist to the core and a caring husband and father who enjoys ice climbing In his little institute in Slovenia, Andrej develops environmentally friendly solutions that allow him to be independent and mobile. He has attracted the interest of a wealthy investor with [...]
William's character in the novel William is a late addition to the expedition who seems, at least at first glance, to be charm personified. Ruthless, determined and prepared to go to any lengths to get the job done. A more than worthy adversary for the DISECUPRO team, and a divisive [...]
