Here are the new covers for the first three books in the Kormak series. I think we can all agree they are a gigantic improvement on the ones I designed myself using Powerpoint and stock art. They were created by Clarissa Yeo at bookcoversale.com. I highly recommend Clarissa if you’re in the market for a cover for your print or ebook. She is fast, talented, patient and very pleasant to work with as well as reasonably priced.
Beautiful work.
I agree mate. I particularly like Weaver of Shadow.
They look brilliant. Will you be updating the ebook versions with these covers?
Thanks, Jimmy. I have already updated the covers on Amazon and elsewhere but I don’t know how that will affect people who have already bought. In a couple of weeks, I’ll be adding maps and author’s notes and declaring this a new edition. At that point, people who have already bought should get an email from Amazon giving them the option to update their version. At least this is how I think it works :).
When can we see a new Kormak book ? I just finish reading them and i must say i loved them !
Thanks, Adrian. The next one, City of Strife, will probably be out in May. The first draft is written and currently being revised. Clarissa has sent me a mockup of the cover. It’s an urban adventure set in the great mercantile city-state of Vermstadt and it features were-rats, an undead gang lord and warring merchant houses with Kormak caught in the middle. As you can probably tell from the description it’s a bit more Fritz Leiber influenced than the previous volumes.
That is great to hear . Could it be posible that in the future we can read a book about the ork wars in wich Kormak took part ?
Maybe in the future Adrian. If the series is popular we may eventually see Kormak’s youth in something other than brief flashbacks! I am currently also rewriting Taker of Skulls (which is book five). It opens with a trip through the ruins of Great Scar Valley which was ravaged by the orcs back in the day. Kormak has some memories of the place from before and after. I won’t kid you though mostly it’s about dwarves and goblins as it’s set in Kormak’s worlds equivalent of Moria. I am planning a book about the orcs but it will be set in contemporary times. My current plan is for each book to explore some new facet of the current world.
AWESOME looking covers!
Thanks, Brian!