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David Dyer has an “all things Titanic” obsession that he readily admits. He wrote his first piece on the tragedy at age 6. We may think we know the story of the “unsinkable ship” and the 1500 passengers who perished when Titanic sank on her maiden voyage, but do we?
Dyer’s historical novel The Midnight Watch blows accepted perceptions out of the water. Based on true events, Dyer has written a fictional story which is his “best guess” of what actually happened on the night, reconstructing the hours, the days, and the weeks that followed from research he did for a doctorate in creative arts. Dyer has read every scrap of paper that’s been written about the fateful voyage, including the Morse code messages of the Marconi operators on board all the ships in the busy shipping lane in which Titanic sank. Speaking through his characters, Dyer reveals that the operators of nearby ships saw the distress flares and heard the messages: they listened to “all the messages. There (was) only one frequency.” Headlines the next day that lamented “1500 Lost” could have rejoiced “1500 Saved”.
Dyer’s writing is superb. His story has carefully entwined the heroism of many against the cowardice of some. His novel shows what a delicate balance it is to be human.
If you want to learn the real story without wading through the tomes of material on the Titanic pick up David Dyer’s first novel: The Midnight Watch. @SuzanneKing (This book review was published by the Noosa Today magazine 29 September 2016)
Dyer’s historical novel The Midnight Watch blows accepted perceptions out of the water. Based on true events, Dyer has written a fictional story which is his “best guess” of what actually happened on the night, reconstructing the hours, the days, and the weeks that followed from research he did for a doctorate in creative arts. Dyer has read every scrap of paper that’s been written about the fateful voyage, including the Morse code messages of the Marconi operators on board all the ships in the busy shipping lane in which Titanic sank. Speaking through his characters, Dyer reveals that the operators of nearby ships saw the distress flares and heard the messages: they listened to “all the messages. There (was) only one frequency.” Headlines the next day that lamented “1500 Lost” could have rejoiced “1500 Saved”.
Dyer’s writing is superb. His story has carefully entwined the heroism of many against the cowardice of some. His novel shows what a delicate balance it is to be human.
If you want to learn the real story without wading through the tomes of material on the Titanic pick up David Dyer’s first novel: The Midnight Watch. @SuzanneKing (This book review was published by the Noosa Today magazine 29 September 2016)