On July 12, I blogged about getting a call from Bella, my UK editor, about ideas for the Australia/New Zealand cover for The Heir of Night, which will come out here in October. (It’s also out in the USA on 1 October, although Kate at  Eos/HarperCollins is my editor there.)

As posted on the 12th, Bella and the Orbit (Little, Brown) team were keen to get a cover that captures the adventurous feel of the book; also one based around Malian (the central character in Heir)—so we have all had fun over the past few weeks with weapons, armour, clothes, the whole nine yards really re appearance.

Yesterday I got to see the preliminary result (and sadly, it’s embargoed, so I can’t show you yet) but  I think the depiction of Malian looks awesome and all the fun research around amour, weapons, clothes—as well as reflecting on her ‘character’ in the book—has definitely paid off.

So watch this space, because as soon as I can I will be putting up the cover image for you to check out, too. 🙂

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Meanwhile, I have just posted “All About the Characters” on the Supernatural Underground, (a blog by a group of HarperCollins USA speculative fiction authors). There’s a giveaway for folk who comment there, but just so visitors here don’t feel left out, if you comment on either this or tomorrow’s post before midnight, August 2, NZ time, you’ll go in the draw to win one of 2 x signed copies of Thornspell.

If you’d like a second chance to win, just rock on over to the Out of this Eos blog and comment on my article posted there, which is about the Hugo Awards (again before midnight, August 2, NZ time—but don’t forget to check back here to see if you’re a winner.)