Monday 26 June 2017

The cover for The Enemy Soulmate

I am working on the story I want to publish next, and, as sometimes happens, the cover image is ready before the book is finished.


This cover is the work of two artists: Em Krebaum and DrRiptide. Em did the character art, while DrRiptide created the background and turned both pieces of art into an e-book cover. I love the result.
(You can see more of Em's beautiful art, and his storytelling skills, at creationmythproject.)

A blurb about the book:
In this short fantasy, when soulmates meet for the first time, matching tattoo-like soulmarks appear on their bodies. Eighteen-year-old Fedir is hunting in the woods when he discovers, to his horror, that his soulmate is a young man from an enemy tribe. If Fedir kills his soulmate, the problem will be solved … but can Fedir bring himself to kill the person who is fated to become his closest friend?

The book itself is nowhere near finished, which is slightly alarming as I want to publish it within the next month. Either I will surprise myself and finish it in a few weeks' time, or I will discover that the book refuses be rushed and I will have nothing to publish in July.
Either way, I can console myself with the thought that when the book is finally published, it will have this glorious artwork for its cover.