The cover art for Sam Sykes' Black Halo where his main protagonist Lenk was standing with his sword out before a sea on fire wasn't received warmly by the "Fantasy covers not too serious analysts crowd". The book will be released in France soon by Fleuve Noir and the artist chosen for the new illustration is none other than the very talented Marc Simonetti, whose work is often pointed out by the scrutinizing eye of Mihai at Dark Wolf's Fantasy review. Here's the illustration that Sam posted and the US edition. Which do you prefer? I would go with the French one...
3 comments:
That looks a straight rip off from The Witcher computer game
Usually the French covers are the best, but in this case I'm not sure...
The french one.
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