New 7th Son: Descent “Print Edition” cover
Back in January, I unveiled the “print edition” cover for 7th Son: Descent, which will be released by St. Martin’s Press this fall. I did the Snoopy dance. You did the Snoopy dance. The cover was slick and intriguing. See it here.
After some discussions over in NYC’s Flatiron Building (where St. Martin’s calls home), the publisher decided to give the cover an upgrade. While I was pleased with Descent’s original cover, I’m thrilled beyond words by this new iteration, which appeared in my inbox this morning.
Call it Version 2.0. Kilroy would be proud.
This cover truly captures the spirit of Descent and the 7th Son trilogy … and it does what the very best book covers do: deftly tells a visual narrative. It’s all here, folks: seven identical men, DNA strands, cool high-tech elements, implied action, and a title design that feels like a “brand” logo (something this self-made marketer greatly appreciates). It’s a terrific representation of my tech-fueled potboiler thriller.
Toss in a killer cover blurb by my nemesis Scott Sigler, and the thing’s gold.
And more cool news about Descent: yesterday, I spied the interior design of the book. It’s an elegant presentation, with a few delightful graphical surprises.
I love this cover, and am proud to know it will be on bookstore shelves later this year. I hope you love it too, and will find room for Descent on your bookshelf at home.
–J.C.
Awesome! Love it!
VERY NICE. I think its very cool. It represents your twisted mind!!!!
Freaking AWESOME! I can’t WAIT to have it in my hands and on my shelf! I love it!
Much better than the last one. I’d be honored to have this on my shelf.
Men running at the viewer, DNA at their core—it catches the spirit of 7th Son.
I also like what the designer did with the title. Not only does it use the simple-yet-futuristic Neuropol face, it turns the 7 into a boomerang/delta-wing shape. So right off the bat there’s motion, for the running men to pick up and accentuate.
Way cool.
Niiiiice!!! It’s like the first one, true to 7th Son, only more so. Can’t wait to buy one.
I CANNOT WAIT TO HOLD THIS BOOK IN MY HANDS. I like this cover a lot!
WANTNOW!
Hope this gets a UK version too- gonna get costly all this overseas shipping! But worth it! Big Congrats!
Very cool cover and you’re right, it does capture all the elements of the story. I was a bit undecided as to whether or not I liked the font for the title but the more I stare, the more I think it works and LIKE IT!
Well done!
This is wildly cool. Congrats Hutch!
I like it! Great improvement.
Very retro-thriller, with a bit of tension from the action.
I will say I thought there should be a colon or something to break up the “7th Son” and “Descent”, but that might have been the ear worm of the Hutch “7th Son, Book One: Descent”.
WTG, man! That is a hot cover!
NICE cover. Something that slick looking would definitely entice me to check out the book (if I didn’t know the story already). Very excellent.
Much improved cover! It has a ton more action implied and does tell the story basics. Way to go St. Martin’s Press!
Very nice.
Hits on a lot of story elements, but subtle enough to not seem overwhelming. A cover that looks like someone who knows the book was involved (so as to not leave that disappointing “but where’s the cover bit” after taste).
Now that is cool. I can’t wait.
awesome! I can’t wait until this comes out in print! Unfortunately I live in England so I may have to wait longer.