Saved from the pits

The cover design for the new paperback edition of Blood Sword could have gone horribly wrong. I took it upon myself, that's why. Luckily, to our rescue came Matt Hill of Gamebooks Unlimited, who generously served up a variety of designs and patiently absorbed my comments such as, "Maybe like this but a bit edgier and with extra coolness."

This version isn't quite final. Very nearly, though. And you can see how much better and more professional it's looking than if I'd done the design. The boomalicious art of Megara's Sébastien Brunet doesn't hurt either.

The first book should be out by August, with The Kingdom of Wyrd following before the autumn. Sadly the books don't come packaged with card figurines and a full-colour tactical board like John Berry has improvised here, but maybe when we get around to the hardbacks.