January 1, 2019, Dave Duncan’s latest SF novel, Pillar of Darkness, releases in print and eBook. Cover designer, Jeff Minkevics, took the time to discuss the concepts and vision behind this glorious, hot cover. Jeff says: The basic premise for this cover design was to do up an imagined moment that, while not explicitly described in the book, might have occurred at some point in the story. The theoretical scene involves Rita, our main character (described to…
Sootoday to do series of articles on The Boy on the Bicycle Sault Ste. Marie’s online periodical, Sootoday, released today the first of a series of articles written by journalist David Helwig, covering Ron Moffatt’s story, as told in Nate Hendley’s new crime biography, The Boy on the Bicycle. The article in full can be found here. David Helwig says of The Boy on the Bicycle: The amazing story of a 62-year-old wrongful conviction is revealed in a riveting new book, The…
The Miramichi Reader, an independent book review site, has given a five-star review to Nate Hendley’s forthcoming book, The Boy on the Bicycle, about the wrongful conviction of Ron Moffatt during the 1950s. Readers of true crime will be happy to hear that Nate Hendley is back with The Boy on the Bicycle (2018, Five Rivers Publishing). This was a project Mr. Hendley had put on hold while finishing his encyclopedic book The Big Con, which was a history of…
As part of Five Rivers’ 10th Anniversary celebrations, we’ve been showcasing the authors we’ve been pleased to publish, how that association came to be, the books and novels they’ve written, the adventure. I remember reading a Dave Duncan fantasy back in the 1980s, long before Five Rivers was even a thought. Duncan’s novel was an irreverent tale about a sorcerer’s apprentice, told with wit and cutting humour. Fast forward to 2013. Five Rivers publishes it’s…
It was in 2012 Five Rivers undertook to bring back to Ann Marston’s fans her acclaimed and much-loves series, The Rune Blades of Celi. Ann’s understanding of Scottish culture, her refusal to accept standard Celtic fantasy tropes, and highly readable prose, were all attractive qualities that convinced us Ann’s work needed to remain accessible to readers. Now, eight novels later, her work is slowly being brought to a new audience through audiobooks. There are six novels…