The Runner and the Saint now available for pre-order

ISBN 9781927400531 114pgs, 6×9 $11.99eISBN 9781927400548 $4.99 The second book in Dave Duncan’s The Runner series of novellas, The Runner and the Saint, is now available for pre-order from Five Rivers and major booksellers worldwide, in both print and digital formats. In this second adventure, Earl Malcolm has reason to fear the ferocious Northmen raiders of the Western Isles are going to attack the land of Alba, so he sends Ivor on a desperate mission…

New LibraryThing 4-star review for The Runner and the Wizard

available in print and eBook fromFive Rivers Publishingyour favorite booksellerand online retailers worldwide This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. “Young Ivor dreams of being a swordsman like his nine older brothers, but until he can grow a beard he’s limited to being a runner, carrying messages for their lord, Thane Carrak. That’s usually boring, but this time Carrak has sent him on a long journey to summon the mysterious Rorie of Ytter. Rorie is…

Another 4-star review for The Runner and the Wizard

available in print and eBookfrom Five Riversonline booksellers worldwideand select bookstores This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. This was a good well-paced story with very appealing characters, set in ancient Scotland. It’s more of a novella than a novel, and seems to be setting up for the rest of the series, which I look forward to reading. This is not an outstanding read but it is certainly an enjoyable one. Dave Duncan writes with…

The Runner and the Wizard, 5-star LibraryThing review

Reader reviews are now coming in from a recent LibraryThing promotion Five Rivers offered for Dave Duncan’s new YA fantasy novelette, The Runner and the Wizard. This reviewer from Lebanon had this to say: This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Set in ancient Scotland just before 1000AD this story is one of a young man coming into his own. Ivor Bracken, ninth son and runner for Thane Carrack, is sent to bring back the…