Jeff Minkevics talks about the cover for A Method to the Madness

A Method to the Madnessedited byJeffrey Hite & Michell Plested Jeff Minkevics, Five Rivers’ Art Director, has now completed the front cover for the forthcoming anthology, A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil, edited by Jeffrey Hite and Michell Plested.  Jeff discusses his creative vision for the cover, and unveils it to the public. “When it came to the cover for A Method to the Madness, I wanted to put together…

LibraryThing Reviewer Recommends Mik Murdoch

 Available at Amazon   This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I thought when I asked for this book from Library Thing that I would be reading it with my 12 year old but apparently he has his own summer reading plans. Sigh. Meanwhile, I read it myself. I think, overall, I loved it. There is a lot to like. Yes, Mik wants to be a Super Hero with super powers but this…

Mik Murdoch Book Trailer

John Kostrzewski developed this wonderful little book trailer for Michell Plested’s debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero. He very much captures the tone and feeling of this delightful coming of age tale. Hope you enjoy. Mik Murdoch is now available directly from Five Rivers, and online retailers in both print and eBook. Concept / Illustration / Animation : John KostrzewskiMusic : Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod, Combat Drop by James Horner from Aliens –…

Michell Plested Signed for Sequel

Tomorrow marks the release of Michell Plested’s debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero. And while advance copies of this enchanting novel have occurred, we’ve reached an accord with Mike for the sequel, Mik Murdoch: The Power Within. The second novel will continue Mik’s search for super powers, and is expected to be completed by the close of 2013, with a projected release some time in 2014.

Five for Five

The virtual ink has dried on contracts between Five Rivers and Iambik to publish audiobooks of five of Five Rivers’ novels: Downshift, by Matt Hughes; Kingmaker’s Sword, by Ann Marston; Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero, by Michell Plested, and From Mountains of Ice and Shadow Song, by Lorina Stephens. Iambik are now putting together voice auditions for all five novels. We’ll keep you updated when the audiobooks are slated for release. ISBN 9781927400074 eISBN 9781927400081 ISBN 9781927400166…