David Dorosz writes with the same sharp curiosity that once defined his work in politics. He is drawn to the quiet mechanics of power — how it shapes relationships, fractures lives, and pushes people toward the choices they’d rather not make. His debut novel, We All Leave, is a propulsive, psychologically driven thriller that tackles difficult truths in an accessible, high-momentum style. The book was shortlisted for the Margó Prize for Best Debut Novel and praised by critics as “the representative novel of his generation.”

Dorosz focuses on stories that engage the reader immediately but linger long after the last page — narratives where pressure, loyalty, secrecy, and the fault lines of class and ambition collide. His second novel, a larger and more ambitious political thriller, will be published in Hungarian in February 2026. He writes with the belief that fiction should entertain but also reveal what we’d rather not see: the hidden structures beneath our choices, our relationships, and the societies we build.

Dive into the opening chapters of We All Leave and step into a scorching summer weekend at Lake Balaton. Six friends slowly coming apart — and then a dead body that changes everything. In the end, ambition, the past, and long-buried lies catch up with everyone.