A novel inspired by true events. Written by Murt Malone.

It is the summer of 1981, at a struggling horseracing stable in the Curragh heartlands. Inspired by real occurrences, peopled by imaginary characters, the work hinges on two major betting coups, one of which provokes the on-course bookies to strike.

Such is their fury that the RUC riot squad from the Maze prison is dispatched to the racecourse to quell the disturbance. It's the only occasion in horseracing's long and chequered history that bookies/turf accountants went on trike. The "Stroke" made national and international news.

It is an era when a flux of young people arrive at the jockeys, harbouring dreams of greatness, while others work as stable hands. Most acquire digs in the Curragh's satellite towns.
Iapetus, '81 also explores the transient nature of life in general. this is three months during which every life in the yard is changed, with hope lost, hope gained, or hope preserved.