David Daniel’s Latest Book Goes Back to the Future

David Daniel’s latest book explores time, space and human connections.

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Adjunct English Prof. and alumnus David Daniel celebrated the release of his tenth novel, “Reunion,” with friends, family and colleagues at the Old Court in Lowell recently. 

This book – a departure from Daniel’s Lowell-based crime series – follows the lead character’s trip from California to his boyhood home in Massachusetts, and ponders the question, if we could go back to our high school days and somehow alter that past based upon what we know now, would we?

As the character attends his 30th high school reunion, he becomes pulled back into his life as a teenager. The novel travels back and forth from present to past, allowing a look at the character’s adolescent angst (the death of his father, the pain and pleasure of school, girlfriends, friendships) as the middle-aged man copes with his own fears and longings.  As the story progresses, time and space blur, with the character experiencing some bizarre twists in an otherwise ordinary life.

Daniel, who lives in Westford with his wife and daughter, anticipates publication this month of “Six Off 66” of a small collection of stories soon. “Reunion” is published by St. Martins Press/Thomas Dunne Books, and is available at amazon.com.