Cover Battle: Which is Your Favorite Stormdancer Cover?

		Written by Stephan on May 29, 2012 \| 5 comments \| Forum Discussion
		Filed under: Cover Battle of 2012, Cover Battles, Fantasy News, Jay Kristoff


		Which cover for Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer do you like most? Click on an answer to view the cover.

		The American Cover (51%, 35 Votes)
		The British Cover (49%, 34 Votes)
		
Total Voters: 69


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American cover

British cover

A DYING LAND
The Shima Imperium is verging on the brink of environmental collapse; decimated by clockwork industrialization and the machine-worshippers of the Lotus Guild. The skies are red as blood, land choked with toxic pollution, wildlife ravaged by mass extinctions.

AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST
The hunters of the imperial court are charged by their Shōgun to capture a thunder tiger—a legendary beast, half-eagle, half-tiger. But any fool knows thunder tigers have been extinct for more than a century, and the price of failing the Shōgun is death.

A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL
Yukiko is a child of the Fox clan, possessed of a hidden gift that would see her executed by the Lotus Guild. Accompanying her father on the Shōgun’s hunt, she finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in Shima’s last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled thunder tiger for company. Even though she can hear his thoughts, even though she saved his life, all she knows for certain is he’d rather see her dead than help her.

But together, the pair will form an indomitable friendship, and rise to challenge the might of an empire.

Which cover did you vote for and why? Tell us in the comments below!

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Johann Pollard

I like the British cover more. They are both beautiful, the british one looks cooler to me for some reason.
http://twitter.com/Pallekenl Mieneke van der Salm

Colour wise I’d normally go for the British cover, but I really like the girl and the griffin on the US cover, so I went with that one for my vote!
Stefan Fergus

They’re both fantastic, but it’s the full-sleeve tattoo and stronger, bolder colours that make the US cover win for me.
http://woodge.com/ woodge

I like the British one because it’s more atmospheric and oriental-looking.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephan-van-Velzen/100000499757880 Stephan van Velzen

I’m still on the fence about which is my favorite. I love the colors on the American one, but the type face on that one is just plain horrible. The British one has a perfect font and looks a lot more Japanese.