For the last of our current series of posts about cover design, it’s time to share the covers for the Mysterious Fields trilogy. I love the elements Augusta pulled together to evoke just the right feeling for these covers.
Overall design : Mysterious Fields
Because these three books form a tight continuous trilogy (unlike any of my other books!) we really wanted the covers to fit well together. All three have the same basic elements:
- Damask background (for the late Victorian feel)
- Appropriate clothing! Augusta worked off a number of reference images for this.
- Electricity (a key theme in the books)
- An inset item
- Silhouetted figures who – over the course of the trilogy – move from distance to togetherness.
And then we have the pipes, to lean a bit more into the gaslamp feel of these books. People are exploring the intersection of science and magic, not always with the best results.
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