As long time readers of this blog will know, I am a huge admirer of Jason Chan. He won the Chesley Award with his cover for Geist, and has always bought my vision of the characters to life. I was just fortunate to see the cover for the last book, Harbinger last night. I am not yet at liberty to share, but Jason has produced my favourite cover, knocking it out of the park for the last cover of the series.
However, I have a new artistic delight to share right now—and it is not by Jason. The Science Fiction Book Club is bringing out in early January an omnibus edition of the Books of the Order— you can order it here. It is called the Order of Deacons, and when I saw the cover I was convinced it had been done by Jason. I was wrong.
Matthew Kalamidas was the art director for the SFBC project and has blogged about that process. Apparently Jason couldn’t fit it into his schedule, but he recommended Karla Ortiz. I think you will agree she did a great job. I love that both Matthew and Karla worked hard to maintain the continuity of the series.
Karla’s work is just beautiful, and as Matthew says and I agree, she is definitely a talent to watch.
Here’s the cover.
And here is the full artwork. I think you’ll agree…I am a very lucky author
