The October Men
by David Impey
Publication date: March 20th 2018
Publisher: Big Bear
Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Conspiracy Thriller
BLURB
Otto
Parsons, a brilliant Oxford physicist, is missing. His early experiments on
zero gravity machines have produced unimaginable results. His professor, Dan
Sibley, has to secure funding for their work or close the project down.
A
wealthy organisation has made him an offer to secure the project’s future. Only
now, it seems his backers may have an altogether more sinister agenda. Wheels
are in motion that cannot be stopped.
What is
it that connects their work with the assassination of JFK, the Roswell
Incident, the Wall Street Crash and a mysterious cache of priceless art?
And who
are the shadowy partners of the October Foundation? The answers will threaten
the safety of everyone on the planet.
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Author Info
This is
the first full-length novel by David Impey. He originally graduated in
Chemistry and, afterwards, worked in high-tech industry either on the
marketing/commercial side or in advertising.
David
has helped write campaigns with a heavy emphasis on demystifying supposedly
obscure areas of science that affect everybody on a day-to-day basis and has
won several awards for his work.
His
first published work was an April Fool’s article in a yachting magazine and,
since then, David has been a frequent columnist, contributor to industry
journals and online blogs, as well as setting up some and editing others. He
also developed a TV series about health called “The Dose”.
When
he’s not writing, David is a composer, producer, and keyboardist. He has worked
as a musician for 20 years principally as a composer of soundtrack music for
corporate clients ranging from sherry to paint to insurance and cruise lines.
Some of
his music has been used extensively by TV companies across Europe including the
UK and the Netherlands. David lives near Oxford with his wife and insane dog.
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Interview with
David Impey . . .
How
would you describe your style of writing to someone that has never read your
work?
I call
it ‘mosaic’ writing. The style probably isn’t new, but the label might be! I
try to build up the story arc using short vignettes which appear at first to be
unconnected but which build into a cohesive picture, just like the tiles in a
mosaic.
The
intention is to put the reader at the centre of the narrative (a bit like an
‘in-tray exercise’) rather than delegate that to some protagonist.
What
are some of your writing/publishing goals for this year?
The
launch of ‘The October Men’ in March in the UK is going to be the first big
objective followed up hopefully (if the UK sales are encouraging enough) with a
US launch in the summer.
At the
same time, I have drafted out the first sections of the next novel and I am
working with my indefatigable agent to get a publishing deal for that.
Do you
feel that writing is an ingrained process or just something that flows
naturally for you?
It’s
hard to know for sure. I’ve always found writing to be a more fluent means of
communication than trying to be spontaneous. The creative process is a tough
one to analyse, chiefly because one doesn’t have any internal comparators one
can use.
That
said, I find the creative urge drives one to commit pen to paper for the first
time but this needs to be followed up by something a bit more driven and, dare
I say it, nit-picking to ensure that the first ideas stand up to some sort of
critical scrutiny. (There’s also the morbid fear of embarrassing yourself by
sending something awful to the editor and suffer the sarcastic comments when it
comes back.)
Do you
have a character that you have been working on for a long time that still isn't
quite ready, but fills you with excitement to work on the story?
Yes, I
do. He’s the acerbic CEO of a company who is doing battle with his investors.
More than that, I can’t say yet…
If you
could spend one week with 5 fictional characters, who would they be?
1. John Smith from
‘Where Eagles Dare’ by Alistair Maclean
2. Ketchum from ‘Last
Night in Twisted River by John Irving
3. Jack Buggit from ‘The
Shipping News’ by E Annie Proulx
4. Allan Karlsson from
‘The Hundred Year Old Man who Climber out of the Window and Disappeared’ by
Jonas Jonasson
5. Harrison Shepherd
from ‘The Lacuna’ by Barbara Kingsolver
Where
would you spend one full year, if you could go ANYWhere? What would you do with
this time?
It’s
right on my doorstep but I’d like to spend at least one year rootling about the
archives of Oxford University researching ancient music. I love the music of
Hildegard von Bingen and Perotin. I hope that doesn’t make me an insufferable
pseud!
Can you
share you next creative project(s)? If yes, can you give a few details?
I could
tell you but then I’d have to… Ahem!
I’m
working on a novel about the pharmaceutical industry. It won’t follow the usual
tropes and there are quite a few twists and turns in it. Needless to say, the
outcome affects society as a whole – a bit like the launch of the contraceptive
pill did back in the 60s.
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