Meltdown is the
first novel in a trilogy set against a crisis in global capitalism.
Published in hardback eight months before the real-life meltdown,
the paperback followed in late 2008. Sales and downloads total
almost 50,000 in the UK and Commonwealth territories. Meltdown has
been translated into Russian, Indian (Marathi) and Lithuanian, with
a French translation to follow. The second book
in the Spendlove trilogy, set in gangster-capitalist Moscow, will
be published in 2012.
Martin is working with a major Hollywood producer to develop the
screenplay of Meltdown.
Also in development: William - The Real Story: Romeo
& Juliet 3D - slated for release in 2012, it
is the first of a unique series of films. The script is
co-written with London writer and producer Paul de Vos, and
produced by Lane, Fabian
Jones.
See the two-minute teaser film by applying for the password (see
'Contact'), and then by
clicking here.
Meltdown: Notices, Interviews, Fluff and Stuff...
"Exciting, intriguing, well-crafted: the business!"
- Duncan Bannatyne
"A brilliant and accurate insight into the cut-throat world
of financial high-flyers. I couldn't put it down." -
Max Clifford
"Let's take a real writer to the pub!"
Hear
Martin on the Chris Evans Show, BBC Radio 2
"Publishing moves with the speed of a heavily sedated
wardrobe." Interview with John Humphrys and Sir
Peter Hall on the Today Programme, BBC Radio 4
"Books that attempt to convey the atmosphere of a City
trading floor and succeed are extremely rare. On the fiction
shelves, I can't think of any … Baker's may be the first. His
account of the enormous, calculated play that gives the book its
name is compelling and more importantly, utterly convincing."
- Evening Standard
"A pacy plot, convincing detail and exotic locations."
- Daily Mirror
"All the ingredients are there - fervid scenes on the
dealing floor, a murder, a plot to destabilise the world financial
system." - The Times
"With so many thrillers clamouring for our attention,
something special is needed to rise above the crowd - and on the
evidence of Meltdown, Martin Baker has just what it takes...
splendid, fast-moving stuff, in which the stakes move from personal
vendettas to nothing less than a threat to the global economy."
- Barry Forshaw, The Good Book Guide