The Cover Battle of 2012: Phase 1, Round 4

		Written by Stephan on Dec 4, 2012 \| 3 comments \| Forum Discussion
		Filed under: Amanda Downum, Christopher Bennett, Cover Battle of 2012, Cover Battles, Dan Abnett, Daniel A. Rabuzzi, Fantasy News, Jim Butcher, John C. Wright, Keith Brooke, Matt Forbeck, Rob Reid, Seanan McGuire, Stephen Deas, Stina Leicht

This December, The Ranting Dragon is trying something new: an epic cover battle! We will pitch sixty of the best covers of the year against each other—half of these selected by our team, the other half submitted by you—and our readers get to decide which of them wins the ultimate title of best cover of 2012. Any book released in 2012 is eligible—all it needs is a gorgeous cover!

Want to know more or look at other rounds? Check out the big introduction post here.

Here are the covers in the fourth group:
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Click the cover images above to zoom; click the links below to view on Amazon.

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire, The Black Mausoleum by Stephen Deas, Year Zero by Rob Reid, Cold Days by Jim Butcher.

Count to a Trillion by John C. Wright, Harmony by Keith Brooke, Only Superhuman by Christopher L. Bennett, The Indigo Pheasant by Daniel A. Rabuzzi.

Know No Fear by Dan Abnett, The Kingdoms of Dust by Amanda Downum, Carpathia by Matt Forbeck, And Blue Skies From Pain by Stina Leicht.


		Which covers are your favorites?
You may select up to four covers.

		The Indigo Pheasant (31%, 275 Votes)
		The Black Mausoleum (30%, 265 Votes)
		Discount Armageddon (29%, 254 Votes)
		Cold Days (26%, 232 Votes)
		Harmony (25%, 225 Votes)
		The Kingdoms of Dust (18%, 155 Votes)
		Carpathia (16%, 140 Votes)
		And Blue Skies From Pain (14%, 127 Votes)
		Year Zero (14%, 120 Votes)
		Only Superhuman (11%, 93 Votes)
		Count to a Trillion (8%, 70 Votes)
		Know No Fear (6%, 50 Votes)
		
Total Voters: 883


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Anonymous

I can definitely see Harmony making it far in the battle. It’s perfect.
Hilary

Glad to see The Indigo Pheasant here — ChiZine Publications has the most unusual, gorgeous covers (designed by Eric Mohr) out there. Nothing generic about them, ever.
Nancy

The Indigo Pheasant’s cover is definitely the classiest!