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Daniel from Norway has the very first Skull Throne Cover Contest entry with this impressive visual:

I love the 3D image and the design. Totally brings the whole entry alive! So cool to have the focus on the spine of the book instead of the front. Incredible job, Daniel. Thank you for entering!

Update! Daniel sent in a more detailed and polished version of his entry. 

And here’s a close-up of just the artwork:

I love the overlay of the wards on the outer ring. They look fantastic against the green.

Don’t forget to enter the Create Your Own Skull Throne Cover Contest to win the ultimate Demon Cycle book collection. Contest ends August 18, 2014.

Posted on July 31, 2014 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Check out this incredible Arlen fan art by Deviant Art user laineyluke.

I love the inventive circular ward designs that map Arlen’s skin. Beautifully done!

And don’t forget to enter the Create Your Own Skull Throne Cover Contest to win the ultimate Demon Cycle book collection. Contest ends August 18, 2014.

Posted on July 30, 2014 at 10:00 am by megelizabeth
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Peat’s third novella, Messenger’s Legacy, will be released this November by Subterranean Press!

Set in the same world as the rest of the Demon Cycle books, Messenger’s Legacy will be the next addition to the series before the release of The Skull Throne. The completed book clocks in at 136 pages. The short story “Mudboy”, published in Shawn Speakman’s Unfettered Anthology was essentially a chapter of the now completed novella.

Subterranean will be releasing two editions of the book: trade and limited. The trade will be a fully clothbound hardcover edition. There will be 750 signed and numbered limited edition copies. These books will be leather-bound and will include an exclusive dust jacket and frontispiece.  All artwork and dust jackets will be done by Lauren K. Cannon.

You can pre-order both the trade edition and the limited edition of the book here!

Want to know more? Check out the synopsis below.

Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons—bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting the surface for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive. A handful of Messengers brave the night to keep the lines of communication open between the increasingly isolated populace.

Briar Damaj is a boy of six in the small village of Bogton. Half Krasian, the village children call him Mudboy for his dark skin. When tragedy strikes, Briar decides the town is better off without him, fleeing into the bog with nothing but his wits and a bit of herb lore to protect him.

After twenty years, Ragen Messenger has agreed to retire and pass on his route to his protégé, Arlen Bales. But for all that he’s earned the rest, he has no idea what to do with the rest of his life. When he learns Briar, the son of an old friend, is missing, Ragen is willing to risk any danger to bring him safely home.

Messenger’s Legacy will be amply illustrated by Lauren K. Cannon, with different dust jackets for the trade and limited editions, nine full-page interior black-and-white illustrations, and a full-color frontispiece exclusive to the limited edition.

Also, check out Fantasy Faction’s blog post on Messenger’s Legacy over here.

And don’t forget to enter the Create Your Own Skull Throne Cover Contest to win the ultimate Demon Cycle book collection. Contest ends August 18, 2014.

Posted on July 29, 2014 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Before The Daylight War was released, we ran a Create Your Own Cover contest. Fans created some seriously stunning covers.

Well, with the new Skull Throne cover, art by Larry Rostant, about to be released, it’s time to predict the future and design your own Skull Throne cover!

Contest Guidelines

1. Design your own, original cover for The Skull Throne. Any medium.
2. Be creative! We want to see what you think makes a great cover!
3. Submit a picture of all entries to contest@www.petervbrett.com with the subject line Skull Throne Cover. Contest is open to everyone in world! International fans, feel free to enter!
4. This contest will run for about 3 weeks. Make sure to get your entries in by 11:59pm on August 18, 2014

Prizes

For the Grand Prize, Peat will be giving out the ultimate Demon Cycle set: U.S. hardcovers of The Warded Man, The Desert Spear and The Daylight War, the rare (and valuable) Subterranean Press editions  of The Great Bazaar and Brayan’s Gold, and the Unfettered Anthology, edited by Shawn Speakman, featuring the short story “Mudboy”. On top of that, Peat will be adding in the Red Sonja Trade Paperback.

For the runner-up, the complete set of illustrated Polish Demon Cycle books.

Books, warded dice and other prizes will be given out as well!

Need some inspiration? Take a look at all of current Demon Cycle covers from all over there world. Or check out the sneak peek of The Skull Throne on Peat’s website.

We can’t wait to see your cover designs!

Posted on July 28, 2014 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Cassie has been hard at work knocking off her challenges one by one, each day getting a little closer to piecing together her Hawkgirl costume. Last time we checked in with her, she had unlocked the wings, mask and Hawkgirl mace! So, in the week leading up to her superhero birthday party, how many challenges has Cassie completed?

Cassie unlocked two more challenges, making her costume complete just in time for her birthday party this Sunday!

On Tuesday, Cassie’s challenge was to create her Hawkgirl vest … with me on her team! Together, we got crafty and glued some super-shiny fabric onto a bright green tank top.

Cassie did all the cutting herself.

We used a hot glue gun to stick the fabric to the shirt. Cassie helped set it up, excited to know how electricity became heat that melted the glue. But once we plugged it in, I enforced the “Don’t Touch This, it’s Very Hot” rule, even telling her a story of when I was a kid at camp and grabbed the metal nozzle, burning my hand.

Well, kids will be kids, and while adding more glue to the gun, Cassie reached out and grabbed the front. I know how much those glue guns can hurt, and Cassie was very brave as I rushed her over to the sink to run it under cold water and assess the damage. Tears, cold water and a couple of ice packs later, she was doing fine and learning a valuable lesson about why grown-ups keep telling her not to touch hot things.

After she calmed down, we finished the Hawkgirl vest together. The effect looks pretty awesome!

Next, Cassie had to finish her book, a junior novelization of the Pixar movie Brave. She read the last 25 pages in two sittings, occasionally breaking out her Scottish accent! She finished it in twenty minutes yesterday after camp.

For unlocking her book challenge, Cassie obtained her Hawkgirl green leggings and celebrated in her Hawkgirl wings!

She still has one more bonus challenge to complete to acquire her Hawkgirl action figure. Will she unlock it? Check back next week to find out!

Posted on July 25, 2014 at 9:00 am by megelizabeth
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