Again With The Covers... by Susan Price
Announcement: The Sterkarm Handshake is on offer at $1-99 all day on the 24/06/18 at Early Bird Books. Since the US is some hours ahead of us, there might still be time to grab a copy. Meanwhile, on I go with the work of publishing my back-list. Elfgift and ElfKing by Susan Price ElfKing would have been out sooner if I could have tracked down a better image for the cover. I tried using another wikimedia image from the Sutton Hoo hoard... the famous 'man between wolves' from the purse-lid. The original is infilled with scarlet enamel and some think it represents the god Odin (who is a character in ElfKing.) Trouble was, the rounded shape of the jewel just didn't work with the rectangle of the cover. No matter how I enlarged it, or moved it or the lettering about, the rounded shape just looked wrong. Besides, my brother said the man 'had a silly face.' So I used another image, one taken from a helmet plate. The book contains a couple of characters...