More Art Teasers for Monarchies of God!

Hey all,

Having just sent Paul Kearney's The Monarchies of God Volume II: Century of the Soldier off to press, I thought I would share with you some of the final sexiness as a taster.

Above are the beautiful covers - helms and weapons lovingly created and rendered by Rebellion's Andrew Evans (this is the sort of stuff he makes for 3D computer games, so it was pretty much right up his street) and background and design by our own Pye Parr - and they're just awesome.

Below are the maps from Volume II. Those of you who looked at the earlier blog post about the maps from Volume I will recognise the first two - although note how the vicissitudes of war have changed some of the names - but see how the map rosette has changed from the Christian-inspired Ramusian symbol from Volume I to the Muslim-inspired Merduk symbol in Volume II.

If you're as stoked as me by these books, rest assured that The Monarchies of God Volume I: Hawkwood and the Kings is due in stores in August, and The Monarchies of God Volume II: Century of the Soldier is due in September.

Schweet.

David

Monarchies of God: New Maps!

Hello all,

Bit of a teaser for you today.

When the new editions of Paul Kearney's The Monarchies of God were announced (here's Andrew Evans' lovely cover for The Monarchies of God Volume 1: Hawkwood and the Kings on the right), a popular question by fans of the series was,

"Will you be getting the maps redone?"

Which slightly confused me. Surely authorial revisions, the cover art, the number of volumes, the price of the books? Are they no questions you want answered prior to asking about the maps?

So I went into our files and took a look at the original maps, which made the issue a little clearer to me.

The original maps are hand-drawn (I think by Paul himself), and are, to be fair, perfectly acceptable:

But they could certainly be a little sexier.

So I badgered our talented and stylishly-coiffed designer Simon Parr, and the answer I can joyfully give you is "Yes! We are getting the maps redone!"

And here they are. Click on the thumbnails to see them in more detail.

That is all.

Cheers,

David