Final cover illustration for Mark Chadbourn's THE QUEEN OF SINISTER by John Picacio.
Here’s my final cover illustration for the forthcoming Pyr edition of Mark Chadbourn’s THE DARK AGE: BOOK 2 / THE QUEEN OF SINISTER. It’s the second book of the trilogy that follows Chadbourn’s AGE OF MISRULE. Folks with long memories will likely notice that this cover is radically improved and modified from the catalog version.
I believe the book releases in June. Pyr unveiled the cover yesterday via their blog, and I was encouraged to see the instant comments across Twitter and social media. The world really is a smaller place these days. 
Here’s how the finished cover will look when it hits US shelves later this summer.
Creepalicious!
Your take on chadbourne’s words has got to be selling more copies of those books! Great cover!
I just finished the three Age of Misrule books…now you’re making me want to read the next three.
Hey, Paul & Scott –
Thanks very much for the kind words. I appreciate it. Was encouraged to see so much instant positive response around the Intertubes. From my end here, you never know….:)
Best,
John