‘A thing of beauty.’
I’m extremely proud to reveal the cover for Netherdei #2 – The Darkest Core.
This brilliant artwork is once again the creation of Seoul-based artist Mansik Yang (Yam), who was responsible for the gnarly cover for The Shadow Sect.
The colours of the first book of this series hinted at the uniforms and mana of the Ardent Lunar sect – and Falken is depicted on the cover lighting up the dark of what we learn to be the oubliette.
The same colours bleed into the cover of book two, in the petals of the cherry-blossom.
Falken is a little older and the clothes he is wearing are for a new journey and a change in season.
The cherry-blossom tree not only hints at the geographical shift in the where the story takes us in The Darkest Core, but also one of several new horrors that must be faced.
I hope you love this art as much as I do.
I hope you love the books and the audio even more.
I wanted to share this with you here on my website – and only here – until Portal Books and myself release further news on the release date.
So mote it be.
Peter Hackshaw - author. 
Not a fan of most covers I see in this genre of books, but this looks crazy good! Can’t wait for book 2 to drop. Can’t believe it’s already been a few years since the first book. Doesn’t feel like that much time has actually passed.
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