The Follypedia Wiki
Register
Advertisement

The October Man is a novella by Ben Aaronovitch.

It was written between February and May in 2018[1] and was published on 13th June 2019. A short extract is available online.[2]

The audiobook is narrated by actor Sam Peter Jackson.[3]

Etymology[]

The German word “Oktobermann” may be an old-fashioned colloquialism for a good-looking “ladies’ man”, especially if born in October.

Plot[]

Tobias Winter of the KDA is called to Trier, where a vineyard is apparently killing people. Solving the mystery together with the local police, Vanessa Sommer, requires the uncovering of secrets dating back to Roman times.[4]

List of returning characters[]

List of characters introduced in this story[]

Timeline[]

The following is an outline of the internal event timeline.

131px-ENG COA Newton.svg Cave pericula secunda!
The following sections may contain spoilers for all novels and comics.
  • ca. 300 BC: Kelly born
  • 1754–1766:
    • Ferdinand Teitz working in Trier
    • Gabriel Beck courts Kelly but is spurned
    • Kelly and Christian Stracker in love ("How old were you?" "2000 going on 17...")
    • Marriage between Kelly and Christian Stracker
  • 1765:
    • Gabriel Beck accuses Kelly of witchcraft
    • Christian Stracker challenges Gabriel Beck to duel
    • Kelly's and Christian's baby boy is born
    • Christian Stracker killed by Gabriel Beck
    • Kelly floods the Mosel valley, Gabriel Beck flees but is caught by Kelly and buried alive (but undying) on the Markusberg
    • Kelly's baby is fostered to the Stracker family
  • 1945:
    • Heinrich Brandt born (revenant by GB) during allied bombing of Trier
    • Kelly protects Nightingale, who is fleeing nazi werewolves, for three days under the Roman bridge
    • Kellys mother, the Mosel, "cleaned", i.e. killed, by the Ahnenerbe
  • 1970: Jaqueline Stracker born
  • 1982: 12 year old JS stalked and attacked by HB, he is shot by her; HB disappears (killed?)
  • 1984: JS' grandfather offers wine to Kyll; JS tries to steal it and meets Kelly; Kelly thanks her but claims the old pact is over
  • 1993: JS' grandfather dies and the vineyard is lain fallow
  • ?: JS moves to California
  • 2011?: JS returns to Trier
  • 2011: Morgane born
  • 2013: The Society for drinking Good Wines founded; picnic by the riverside; probable start of beneficial river influence on their lives
  • 2015:
    • (August) Picnic by the Mariensäule; probable start of Gabriel Beck's sequestration of Jonas Diekmayer
    • Jason Agnelli hired by Jacqueline Stracker, he begins to feel attracted by her
    • (October) Jason Agnelli and Jörg Koch murdered; Tobias Winter identifies and arrests the murderer
    • The Chefin declares the old agreements are voided by Nightingale taking not only a single apprentice (Peter Grant), but several (Lesley May, Abigail Kamara), and offers Vanessa a job at the KDA
    • (December) Vanessa Sommer transfers to the BKA/KDA

References[]

Advertisement