The edit he never saw Dave Duncan had finished The Traitor’s Son and sent it to his editor, Robert Runte just hours before he died, and Robert returned it just hours before Dave’s death was announced. The Traitor’s Son is one of two finished novels, but the other one, Corridor to Madness, has an unfinished sequel, so The Traitor’s Son really is Duncan’s last completed work. A standalone novel The Traitor’s Son is a standalone SF novel about…
Anna Maria Tremonti of CBC’s The Current today interviewed Nate Hendley and Ron Moffatt about Nate’s new book, The Boy on the Bicycle. Ron spoke candidly about his horrific experience in the 1950s at the hands of bungling police officers bent on coercing a confession out of him, for a murder he did not commit. What is truly frightening is police have the same latitude today. And it is for that reason Ron has broken his…
This past week Nate Hendley and Ron Moffatt appeared on the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library to speak about Nate’s book The Boy on the Bicycle. This meticulously researched journalistic investigation into the wrongful conviction of Ron Moffatt as an adolescent was the subject of the presentation. Ron, now a senior living in Sault Ste. Marie, was only 14 when Toronto police bungled a conviction regarding the heinous murder of a seven-year-old boy on the CNE…
Timothy Gwyn’s fascinating YA novel, Avians, is now available in audiobook through Audible, Amazon and iTunes. This is a remarkable story, with strong female characters, and precise aviation detail. If you haven’t either read or listened to Avians, you should, because this is simply one of the best YA novels out there. The world Timothy Gwyn has created is original and fascinating, one where civilization is restricted to flight for trade and transport, with an apartheid society segregated through…
One of Dave Duncan’s last works is a suspenseful science fiction entitled Pillar of Darkness, now published posthumously and releasing January 1, 2019. It’s now available for pre-order in print and ebook through Five Rivers and your favourite online bookseller worldwide. Two hundred miles wide and higher than the moon, Sungoback has stood over central Africa for thirty years, a pillar of light by night and of darkness by day. Science cannot explain it; it destroys technology….