Doug Hulick’s Among Thieves is one of the best new fantasies I’ve read this year, and so I was very happy to see the new artwork for the second in his Tales of the Kin series, Sworn in Steel (which was released through Twitter a while back by Julie Crisp from Tor UK). Now that the US artwork has been released as well, I thought I’d share them both on here.
First up, the UK artwork:
I like that they’ve stuck with the style of the first novel (below), and I really like the new dynamism and colour-palette that they’ve used for this one.
The artwork for the American market is an improvement on the first, and draws from a similar though more-muted colour-palette, while retaining the style of the US artwork for Among Thieves:
Sworn in Steel is currently slated for an early 2012 release in both the UK and US (through Roc), and I can’t wait. I strongly suggest you check out Among Thieves if you haven’t already – and especially if you are already a fan of Brent Weeks, Jon Sprunk, Scott Lynch and Ari Marmell.
Also on CR: An Interview with Douglas Hulick
Among Thieves artwork (UK/US):
I see it's still the dude from Being Human's lesser-known doppelganger on the US cover, though.
ReplyDeleteI should really get around to reading Among Thieves, shouldn't I? I've only heard the good things, and months out from its release, that's a rarity.
I really, really love that cover artwork for the UK. I enjoyed Among Thieves, so this'll be a must have for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the artwork :).
I enjoyed Among Thieves, the best (the only) published debut I've read (well finished) ...hmmm .. possibly this century.
ReplyDeleteI like the UK covers best - but the the US cover for sworn in steel seems to be a more appropriate image given the descriptions of the swords favoured...