CreateSpace Print Edition:

As with the new covers of Sabazel, I'm still using the Alexander mosaic, but with different bits of the battle scene. With a horse's rear end appearing prominently in the middle of the mosaic, I had to do some editing!




eBook Edition


Another portion of the Alexander mosaic makes up the new Back-in-Print cover--this shows the Persian king, Darius, realizing Alexander has won the battle. But you can always extrapolate this image into one of the battle scenes in the book.

June 2000
Back-in-print.com
ISBN 0-595-09444-9



I like the original cover of The Winter King, all muscular action. Fortunately I saw an earlier sketch, where Andrion was depicted holding the star-shield of Sabazel, in time to get Steven Hickman to paint in a generic shield instead. But the image of Andrion carrying the shield stayed with me and led to a major incident in the next book, Shadow Dancers..

October 1986
Ace Books
ISBN 0-441-89443-7