Upcoming book from Valley Press

The Deserted VillageThe Deserted Village

The following are what reviewers have said about the novel:
“This is a strange mixture of romp, fantasy and humor that reminds me of a very Irish low-key Damon Runyon …” Clare Toynbee.

“It was a pleasant surprise to read and judge work of such talent by writers.  It makes you wonder why they haven’t been published before.” Lord Asa Briggs.

ISBN 0 9530768 0 6
ISBN-13: 978-0953076802
Price: £4.99

Amerigo VespuuciAmerigo Vespucci

A translation 'as Gaeilge' of the history of Fada, Amerigo Vespucci's most trustworthy companion.
We distrust the narrator of this historical account almost at once, the astute reader finding clues to dishonesty and chicanery from almost the first page.
We can only admire the man of history for his honest dishonesty, inability to conceal his crimes and fulsome praise of his own mistakes and tragedy.

ISBN 0 9530768 1 4
ISBN-13: 978-0953076819
Price: £4.99

The Madness of Eamon MoriartyThe Madness of Eamon Moriarty

In this novel, Barry Swan relates the story of an island (see the front
cover mural discovered with the ancient text) as told by one of its illiterate,
poverty stricken inhabitants.

ISBN 0 9530768 3 0
ISBN-13: 978-0953076833
Price: £6.99

The Little PeopleThe Little People

Set in the Ireland of the 1960s and thereafter.  The Little People goes beneath the currents of a fast-changing way of life to investigate those ancient, hidden forces that so much influenced the outlook of people in earlier times.  They said they were gone – but now they are back with a vengeance: The Little People – the Sidh.

ISBN-13: 978-0953076857
Price: £9.99

The Intelligence ManThe Intelligence Man

Swan’s latest book has it all; the mystery of a good spy novel, the dark heat
of the tropics he knows so well, and the wit of a born humorist to make sense
of it all.  Altogether an impressive achievement.
Dean Irwin, Producer, ABC News.

ISBN 0 9530768 2 2
ISBN-13: 978-0953076826
Price: £6.99

The Heavenly RealmThe Heavenly Realm

A novel that portrays the intimate relationship between human aspiration, dreams and failure on the one hand, and the deepest theological truth and principles on the other.  A story that accepts that underlying the humour, laughter and tears that accompany both sorrow and joy there is a peace that ‘surpasses understanding’.

ISBN 0 9530768 4 9
ISBN-13: 978-0953076840
Price: £9.99

The Theory of Evolution-a novelThe Theory of Evolution -
a novel


The story in this new book explores the life of a simple man from the viewpoint of advanced scientific principles. Jim Muldoon is a living specimen of millions of years of evolution. Yet he is unaware of his own complexity, or of that of the world he lives in.
One day, however, his undemanding, uncomplicated mind starts
"wandering" ...

ISBN-13: 978-09530768-6-4
Price: £12.99

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