DM News:ebook cover art for KNIFE OF DREAMS

[Jason Denzel]

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of Knife of Dreams, the eleventh book in the Wheel of Time series. Each month, beginning this past October, Tor will release the next book in the series in a variety of electronic formats. See below for a full list of links to the released books, as well as a schedule of the upcoming releases.

 

With each eBook, Tor is including brand new artwork for the "cover". A different artist has been selected for each one, giving the art team at Tor a chance to provide us fans with a variety of styles.

 

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This month, the artwork is by Michael Komarck. The ebook will be released on August 24th.

 

As with the previous covers that were released for the ebooks, Tor Art Director Irene Gallo has done a write up about the process behind creating this image. Be sure to check out the full article. Here's an excerpt:

While Rand is being heroic by saving Min’s life, a fan of the series will come to the image knowing the full story is more multifaceted than that. It is a testament to Jordan’s writing that very little is simple or one-sided. While Rand is saving Min, it is an act that helps ground him, too; Rand being the Dragon isolates to the point that it’s hard to interact with people the way that he used to. Protecting them from danger at once expresses his power and reinforces his connection to close friends and loved ones. This scene is emblematic of the tightrope that Rand must walk to get to Tarmon Gai’don.

 

Wheel of Time eBook News and release schedule

Tor Books plans to re-release each one of the Wheel of Time novels as ebooks according to the schedule below. Each will have new cover art, specially commissioned for the eBook format. Each will feature a different artist.

 

• The Eye of the World: DM News | Tor.com feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Great Hunt: DM News | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Dragon Reborn: DM News | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Shadow Rising: Tor.com Feature | DM news | Buy from Amazon
• The Fires of Heaven:DM News | Tor.com feature | Buy from Amazon
• Lord of Chaos: DM News | Tor.com feature | Buy from Amazon
• A Crown of Swords: DM News | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Path of Daggers: DM News | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• Winter's Heart: DM News | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Crossroads of Twilight: DM News | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• Knife of Dreams: DM News | Tor.com Feature | Available for purchase 8/24/2010
• New Spring - 09/28/10
• The Gathering Storm - 11/2/10
• From Two Rivers - 11/16/10
• To The Blight - 11/16/10
• The Hunt Begins - 11/16/10
• New Threads in the Pattern- 11/16/10

 

So what do you think of this new image? Leave your comments below. Remember, we'll have a more detailed report on the overall future of the Wheel of Time print-edition covers at a later time.