Eye Candy Covers

Now, I've seen some pretty nifty covers out there...I've also ground my teeth at the cheesy, flashy, rushed, uninspired or just plainly tasteless covers that pollute the shelves. Since the latest trend on the web seems to be the bashing of old pulpy covers and the new North American covers for the Erikson’s “Malazan Book of The Fallen” series, I’ll take a different approach and give praise where praise is due. I’m currently reading “Chronicles of the Black Company” by Glen Cook, which is a great and rewarding read by the way (the influence on Erikson is blatantly undeniable), and the cover of this trade paperback omnibus is absolutely beautiful. It’s artistically well done and on top of that it couldn’t present “you are reading a kickass fantasy novel” impression any better. Tor and Nightshade Books deserve to be congratulated for an outstanding job.
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Here are the covers (click on image to enlarge):

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