Martin Dumont, born in 1988, is an offshore wind power engineer who lives between Rennes, Paris and Nantes. Since Le Chien de Schrödinger (2018), Tant qu’il reste des îles (Les Avrils 2021, Prix France bleu—PAGE des libraires, Prix des libraires selections, Prix Relay), he has been building a modest body of work that touches the heart. Tempo is his third novel.