Cloudbearer’s Shadow: Book 4, The Rune Blades of Celi, releases March 1, 2014

available March 1, 2014print and eBookfrom Five Rivers Publishingand online booksellers worldwide The fourth book in the Rune Blades of Celi series by Ann Marston, Cloudbearer’s Shadow, releases in both print and eBook March 1, 2014. This is a revised reprint of the original novel published in 1999. In this novel the plight of the people of Celi continues with Gareth, who is the youngest and the last of the unfortunate lords of Skai. Called home…

4-stars for Black Wine on Goodreads

The re-release of award-winning Black Wine, by Candas Jane Dorsey, is still captivating readers, as evident in this review on Goodreads. available in print and eBookfrom Five Rivers Publishingand online booksellers worldwide Becky‘s review  Jan 20, 14 4 of 5 stars This book is a little hard to get into, but oh my god, am I glad I stuck with it! It is a little confusing in the beginning, with too little information given to the…

Old Growth, by Matt Hughes, releases March 1, 2014

ISBN 9781927400494, 6×9 Trade Paperback, 316 pgs, $25.99eISBN 9781927400500 $4.99 The long awaited sequel in the Sid Rafferty Thriller series by Matt Hughes, Old Growth, releases from Five Rivers Publishing March 1, 2014 in both print and eBook. Hughes returns to British Columbia in this installment, where once more Sid Rafferty finds himself unwittingly caught in the cross-purposes of employers and events, this time involving environmentalist with interests not always as benevolent as they might…

Making the cut in February 2014

In two weeks Five Rivers will once again open to submissions for a short period between February 1 and 14. This will be our annual submission period, an opportunity for authors to woo us with their proposals and sample chapters. What’s likely to pique our interest this year, whether writing for adult or younger audiences: Historical Fiction. We’re not looking for romance disguised as historical fiction. That will get you a quick rejection. Rather, we’re…

4-stars for Derryl Murphy’s Wasps at the Speed of Sound

The following review appeared at LibraryThing recently. available in print and eBookfrom Five Rivers Publishingselect bookstoresand online booksellers worldwide This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. A collection of 11 apocalypsi (apocalypses?) – I think the thing that impressed me the most was how very different all the apocalypsi were, apart from a common environmental theme. Well written stories, and I enjoyed reading all excepting one (What Goes Around, which I just didn’t get). My…