Five Rivers’ creators rocking awards

Two of Five Rivers’ creators shortlisted for awards The Mermaid’s Tale The first is D.G. Valdron for his grim-dark fantasy novel, The Mermaid’s Tale, which has been shortlisted for the Kevin Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction, through the Manitoba Book Awards. The full list of nominees is: The Bootlegger’s Confession by Allan Levine, published by Ravenstone Press, an imprint of Turnstone Press Fragment by Craig Russell, published by Thistledown Press The Mermaid’s Tale by D.G. Valdron, published by Five…

The Mermaid’s Tale now available as audiobook

D.G. Valdron’s, visceral and gripping novel, The Mermaid’s Tale, is now available in audiobook through iTunes, Amazon and Audible. The narrator of The Mermaid’s Tale Beautifully narrated by Susan Iannucci, the story is one of redemption and identity, what it means to be an individual when all hope of individual assertion is stripped by virtue of what you are. In a city of majesty and brutality, of warring races and fragile alliances, a sacred mermaid has been…

The Mermaid’s Tale soon to be an audiobook

We’ve just signed a deal with a great voice actor and producer, Susan Iannucci, of Voice to Remember, to create an audiobook of D.G. Valdron’s hauntingly beautiful and dark novel, The Mermaid’s Tale. Production will be finished in the fall of 2017, with release likely some time around December 2017. The audiobook will be available through Audible and related channels. Stay tuned for updates!

Booksprens reviews D.G. Valdron’s The Mermaid’s Tale

There is a rather stunning review of D.G. Valdron’s equally stunning novel, The Mermaid’s Tale, over at Booksprens today. You’ll have to go there to read the entire, lengthy review, but a few highlights are warranted here: This novel is so much more then just a ‘Grimdark’, it was so freaking amazing and it was literally an emotional roller coaster. And: It got to the point where I would have to put the book down and just…

Melanie Marttila reviews The Mermaid’s Tale, by D.G. Valdron

The Mermaid’s Tale is a fable of personhood wrapped in a murder mystery framed by a fantasy setting, peopled by familiar races that are presented in subtly original ways. Valdron’s protagonist has no name. Most Arukh (orcs) don’t. The few that have been so graced have earned their names by distinguishing themselves from their mad and murderous brethren. Each race has its own name for the Arukh, but all of them translate to either abomination,…