Between the Clouds and the River

FINALIST: 2024 Hemingway Award / 20th Century War Fiction
FINALIST: 2024 BookExcellence Award / Historical Fiction
FINALIST: 2024 BookViral Millennium Book Award
HONORABLE MENTION: 2024 HFC Hugo Award
SILVER: 2024 Bookfest Awards for Historical Fiction / War and Military
BRONZE: 2024 Bookfest Awards for Historical Mystery
SILVER: 2024 Incipere Book Awards / Literary Fiction
BRONZE: 2024 Incipere Book Awards / Historical Fiction
BRONZE: 2025 Readers' Favorite Book Award for Historical Fiction- Event/Era

From acclaimed author Dave Mason, a story about truth and deception, cruelty and kindness, and the need to belong.

1943 — Twenty-four year old Bernhardt Lang is swept along by the currents of war, until an unexpected ally helps him live a life of his own making, in a place he could never have imagined himself existing.

1965 — Twelve year old Joseph Holliman is drowning in a life no one should have to endure. When he crosses paths with Frank Gardner, everything he thinks he knows about the meaning of family is changed.

Between the Clouds and the River is a journey from the burning sands of war-torn North Africa to the mountains of Montana and British Columbia, an emotional tale of deception, revelation, identity, and belonging that reminds us all that in the end, love is the only truth.