Of Shadow and Sea - Final Cover - Will Wight, New York Times Best-Selling Author of 'Cradle'

Of Shadow and Sea - Final Cover

12/21/2014

14 Comments

Mesmerizing Suggestion

12/21/2014 09:52:57 am

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Woah.
What are the daggers made of? Looks like gold but that's impractical.

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12/21/2014 10:39:55 pm

They're made of bronze, actually. In this setting, thanks to the magic system, weapons get stronger as they're used. So these are bronze daggers that have been handed down through a hundred generations of assassins.

Jeremiah

12/25/2014 03:27:27 am

So a hundred generations ago Indirial no longer had use for some daggers and gave them to some random ninjas and here we are...

John

12/21/2014 02:24:46 pm

I would expect an assassin, or whatever she is, to paint their blades flat black. And the color does look weird. Is that supposed to be bronze?

Also, I can't tell if she has a nimbus around her, or if there is something going on behind her. Either way, the background is distracting, and draws my eye away from her.

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12/21/2014 10:43:31 pm

They are bronze, and that fact relates to the magic system.

Secretly, it's the character that draws your eye away from the background. The book actually follows the exploits of Purple Shadow, a sentient lighting effect with a heart of gold.

Mike

12/21/2014 04:40:56 pm

I think it's cool.

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12/21/2014 10:45:09 pm

I was really happy with this one. Sea has a good cover too, but I'm waiting on final tweaks from the artist, so right now I'm sitting on a temp cover in case they don't get back to me before I have to upload.

Curt

12/21/2014 10:35:33 pm

I like the comments so far... in a world of magic and mystery, the improbability of golden daggers is what stands out.. Or maybe they've been worked with Magic? xD

Awesome cover art once again. Prop to dem artists.

Will Wight link

12/21/2014 10:47:28 pm

You may remember that practicality has never been my primary goal in designing weapons. Azura, anyone?

That said, they ARE magic. So take that, practicality.

This is a new artist, though the same graphic designer did the layout, and I couldn't be happier.

April

12/22/2014 10:38:51 am

Pretty sure that is gold, not bronze. Somebody get Will a periodic table of elements.

Trent

12/22/2014 11:51:47 am

This is a bronze plate. Looks like gold. Someone get her a pair of glasses.

http://p2.la-img.com/430/34950/14367258_1_l.jpg

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12/22/2014 09:43:42 pm

My periodic table says these knives are made out of Strontium. I think I may have done it wrong.

Brian Pederson

12/22/2014 06:08:29 pm

I'm color blind, so most of the above conversation means nothing to me! :)

Neat cover though. It'll be interesting to see how it displays in greyscale on my Kindle.

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12/22/2014 09:45:33 pm

On the Kindle, it will actually correct your color blindness and let you see this cover in its glorious full range of colors.

Kindle: is there anything it CAN'T do?

In which we ramble on.
And by we, I mean me.