Inish Carraig - cover reveal

[Jo Zebedee]

So, here we are. Designed by the fab Gary Compton of Tickety boo covers.

The blurb goes like this:


Post-alien invasion Belfast. Earth has been defeated. Pity the locals aren't listening.

Belfast teenager John Dray will do whatever he has to to survive. When he's offered desperately-needed food in exchange for dispersing a suspicious compound over the city, he takes the job for his family's survival. When the compound is revealed to contain a virus lethal to the city's alien invaders, he finds himself charged with xenocide by the newly-formed Galactic Council.

Dray is sent to Inish Carraig, a forbidding, remote prison, where he uncovers the secret behind the virus - a plot which will threaten the Earth, and those he loves. He must unveil the conspiracy. He just has to get out of prison first.


Hopefully release date will be 24th July. I'll confirm nearer the time and where it can be bought and all that there....

Exciting!

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Yay!! The blurb makes the book sound so exciting, and enticing! And the cover is superb! Well done all...looking forward to the release! CC

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Yay!! The blurb makes the book sound so exciting, and enticing! And the cover is superb! Well done all...looking forward to the release! CC

Yay! The blurb is lovely, and thank you (it's your version with just a couple of tweaks. )

 

[Brian G Turner]

That's a great cover - lettering is nice, too, and should stand out in a thumbnail.

 

[C. J. Watterson]

Nice cover, and the blurb sounds pretty inticing too. Somehow it put to mind War of the Worlds, The Count of Monte Cristo mashed and set in dystopic Belfast... I'm sure it isn't, but there you go.

 

[ratsy]

Excellent stuff Jo. I am excited to read it.

Gary, great job on the cover.

 

[Susan Boulton]

Great stuff!

 

[Juliana]

That's a rather bleakly awesome cover! I've been hearing about Inish for so long now, can't wait to get my hands on it.
(okay, I can wait another month)

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Nice cover, and the blurb sounds pretty inticing too. Somehow it put to mind War of the Worlds, The Count of Monte Cristo mashed and set in dystopic Belfast... I'm sure it isn't, but there you go.

Maybe not that far off...

That's a rather bleakly awesome cover! I've been hearing about Inish for so long now, can't wait to get my hands on it.
(okay, I can wait another month)

I know. Bleak and lovely. But, you know, me and fluffy bunnies....

 

[Ray McCarthy]

But, you know, me and fluffy bunnies....

Who was it told the story of the Swiss visit, they and the kid shown the rabbits in the basement and the girl was asked to pick one?

Spoiler

She thought it was for herself to take home, but it was for herself for supper.

 

[chopper]

very good: the cranes definitely work

 

[Ray McCarthy]

the cranes definitely work

Certainly they used to. I remember it.

 

[chopper]

i meant in context of the cover, of course...

 

[Ray McCarthy]

@chopper
I know, but being from Norn Iron, I'm convinced I'm irresistibly funny.

 

[Gary Compton]

I still have a couple of bits to tweak: she posted it before I could say so - typical woman!

Thanks for the comments on the cover, hope it does the book justice.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I still have a couple of bits to tweak: she posted it before I could say so - typical woman!

Thanks for the comments on the cover, hope it does the book justice.

Oops, sorry, didn't realise that. I think Brian could change the image file if needed.... i think it certainly does the book justice.

 

[chopper]

@chopper
I know, but being from Norn Iron, I'm convinced I'm irresistibly funny.

ah, humour. i shall let you off.

 

[Warren_Paul]

Nice cover. It's not overdone at all, yet gives a real feel for the current state of the world.