From my wife’s coworker, Fred: “Your husband’s book looks awesome… and sort of creepy in a why are gods dying/ what is the woman on the cover doing with a knife / why is her arm blue / does she stab gods to death with a kitchen knife?/ and did that make her arm blue/ are gods’ blood blue sort of way.”
The cover’s work is done!
I’ve received the first copy of Three Parts Dead from Tor! In honor of Apple’s product launch today, and the new Kindles Amazon debuted on Monday, I decided to try my hand at the tantalizing genre of “unboxing.”
Warning: Awesome Images Ahoy!
I’m thrilled to be able to share the final cover for Three Parts Dead—which you’ll see on shelves at your local book shop on October 2!
I cannot say enough good things about this cover. I love the painting (by Chris McGrath, who does covers for the Dresden Files books!), the design, the quote (from Jerry Pournelle!), the city, the color scheme… Tara’s almost exactly as I pictured her; she’s gorgeous, but she also looks human (and her pose is a pose human beings can adopt). Even the glowing glyphs, more like circuits than runes, fit perfectly with my vision (and descriptions) of the world. I went into this process with a “well, let’s see what happens” approach, and I’m so happy about the results. The team at Tor rocks!
There’s another piece of new information in the log line of this post: I have a release date! Three Parts Dead debuts on October 2. Mark your calendars! Start your engines! Rev up your time machines! (Note: if you have a time machine, can you give me a lift to the 22nd century? I need to pick up some Future Milk. Thanks for the help—I owe you one.)
That’s all for now, but watch this space for further developments about Three Parts Dead, my other books, and general insanity!