I just got the cover art for Brothers in Exile (Sons of the Starfarers, Book 1) and it looks pretty sweet–check it out!
The cover designer is Kalen O’Donnell–he’s going to be doing the covers for the rest of the series. The scene here is from the first chapter, where Isaac and Aaron arrive at the derelict station in the Nova Alnilam system.
The book is coming along quite well–I should be ready to publish it before the end of the week! Just have to go through the edits, make a couple of small changes, and format it for publication (but that part doesn’t take too long). With luck, it should be up in time for Memorial Day.
I’m going to try something a little different with this book and launch it at $.99 for the first week, then raise the price up to $2.99 afterwards. That way, I can give my fans a good deal, and hopefully move it up on some of the lists to gain some visibility. That means it will only be available on Amazon, Smashwords, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble for the first week, though, since it’s harder to make price changes on the other sites, and Amazon will send you a nasty take-down notice if the book is selling for less on any other site.
That’s just about it. Back to work now–I’ve got a book to publish!
This is, by far, my favorite cover, though the others certainly aren’t bad. There’s just something different about this one–it reminds me very vaguely of the cover for Downbelow Station…which is a good thing, because that was a cool book.
The art, the font, the distinctive look of the series title…it all just looks great. I was really excited about this series by reading the excerpts…and i’ll say for one of the first times, the cover made me want to read the book more.
Thanks! I’m glad to hear it. 😀 The cover definitely has more of that vintage sci-fi feel, which is kind of awesome because it’s books like Downbelow Station, Ender’s Game, Foundation, and The Left Hand of Darkness that really got me into science fiction. I do think you guys are going to like this new series–I’ve had a lot of fun writing it so far, and the way it ties everything else I’ve written together should be really cool.