Paperback Cover and New Blurb

This is how my paperback cover for Tides of Fire will look. Everlasting thanks to Howard David Johnson for the amazing cover art, and to Lee Wright at www.halostudios.co.uk for the design.

Following advice from the sages on the Kindle pages I’ve updated my blurb. It seemed a good opportunity since I’m getting the paperback proof ready anyway. The theory seems to be that a refresh of the blurb attracts new readers as anyone likely to be attracted by the old blurb has already bought the book.

The text is a bit small in the image so FYI this is the new blurb:

“Even the Wiseones cannot tell how it began or why, for countless tides, the Clanfolk have waged a bloody war beneath the ocean. The origin of their enmity is lost in the drifts of time. But, for Leelee, a young pod-cadet of the Leahtu Clan Guardians, the ancient feud will bring a beloved enemy, a desperate choice, and a terrible price to be paid.

From the stern and icy stronghold of the Kiakhu Clan to the peaceful reefs of the Leahtu, Tides of Fire follows a small band of black-tailed rebels who risk torture and death to rid the Clan of a vicious tyrant; and tells the poignant love story of Leelee, the warrior maiden who faces death at the hands of her own priests if she should give herself to Makhulu, her enemy and her love.

These merfolk have no magic, inhabit no fairytale. They are hot-blooded sea creatures full of passion and poetry, fighting for love and freedom and a chance of happiness in their mysterious under-water world.”