The Taurids of Encke

About the Book

You wake up to a strange, eerie morning, and the day seems out of kilter with all your clocks. You see your friends trapped behind an invisible barrier that seems impenetrable, and they cannot see you, hear you or be heard. The story is about the rescue of just a few of the many ensnared in the grip of a different time. It relives he catastrophic consequences of the event while the world watches. Victor, a Spitfire pilot, encountered this phenomenon during a dogfight during World War II. Both the British and the Third Reich are fanatical to possess its potentiality. Because of this, Victor’s fiancée inevitably becomes embroiled in espionage and murder and mysteriously disappears from his life. The chronicles of the story adventure through the bowels of the earth and the depths of outer space.

About the Author

David Dryden calls ’imsel’ a Geordie because Newcastle upon Tyne is where he was brought up and where his heart will always be. His fascinating life has developed through a range of careers and disciplines, from air traffic controller assistant in the Royal Air Force to graduating with a degree in product design. As a furniture maker, his skills led to teaching design and technology, and now he is teaching English as a foreign language. An essay he wrote during his school days, which had germinated in his mind for fifty years, inspired the idea for this book.