After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say:
‘I want to see the manager’.
William S. Burroughs. The Adding Machine, Collected Essays. Woman: A Biological Mistake?’ 1985.
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube,
it is awfully hard to get it back in.
Harry Robbins Haldeman. Watergate and Related Activities. 1973.
The fifth volume in the series … the year is 2012. Not everybody likes horses, but Boulder's little boy Nicolas does. He overhears a conversation between a 'bad man' and the owner of his riding school, but he doesn't understand the contents. Thus he asks his father to explain them to him.
Boulder gets suspicious … and looks into it.
Between government intimidation and general moral decay, Jack Boulder navigates the shady world of bureaucracy and organized crime in Germany and the European Union. In the end, he has no illusions about civil servants, politicians, their voters, lobbyists, the rule of law, and social accountability: morality and responsibility are merely a façade.
A political thriller — or a parable? At the very least, a frank satire. The dark side of politics is best illuminated through fiction.
This book is part of a cycle of books. The first installment, Unnamed Forces, plays in 2002, the second one, Berlin Export, in 2004, the third one, Occident Express, in 2006, the fourth one, The Stamp Collector, in 2010. The story of The Horsetail takes place in 2012.
Although each work within the cycle presents an independent, self-contained tale, they are all connected by the characters of the protagonist, his friends and some other persons, and the outcome of the events of earlier plots. Still, each individual installment of the cycle can be read on its own.
The Horsetail. Illustrated paperback. 148 pages, 16 color illustrations.
First Edition, 2026 | Publishing date: April 2026.
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ISBN: 978-628 … to be announced. | The book is not available in book shops.
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