eBook cover art for THE SHADOW RISING
Posted by Jason on January 6th, 2010 in the Publishing, The Shadow Rising, Tor Books category

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of THE SHADOW RISING, the fourth 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.

This month, the artwork is by Sam Weber. The ebook will be released on January 19th.

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:

I knew that Sam is a huge Robert Jordan fan. Huge fan. I knew he would approach the assignment with unparalleled dedication and understanding.

There’s also a YouTube Video of Sam talking about this piece of art.

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 | Available for purchase 1/19/2010
  • The Fires of Heaven – 02/16/10
  • Lord of Chaos – 03/16/10
  • A Crown of Swords – 04/20/10
  • The Path of Daggers – 05/18/10
  • Winter’s Heart – 06/22/10
  • Crossroads of Twilight – 07/20/10
  • Knife of Dreams – 08/24/10
  • 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.

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    Taisher Says:
    July 26th, 2010 at 5:14 am

    Geez, not how i imagined Mat at all. He looks like a 10 year old, gay EMO. And he’s really ugly. No doubt Sam Weber can paint, but this guy looks more like Olver than Matrim Cauthon.

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    Ali Says:
    May 7th, 2010 at 7:52 pm

    This is definitely my favorite cover still :)

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    stefanone Says:
    May 6th, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    While I agree that the face is not how I immagine mat and the scar should be more visible I like the clothing and the spear.

    PS to all complaining about the absence of the hat and the scarf I remind that he start to wear a scarf only after coming back from Rhuidean to hide the scar and he buys the hat from Kadere on chapter 36 while this is clearly a scene from chapter 26 .

    Hope I have been helpfull

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    Angela_P Says:
    April 14th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    @jornaeve

    I’m sure you’re right about the foxhead medallion. I don’t remember either. To be honest I didnt even notice it as large until seeing the closeup of his face which in such close proximity seemed large. From the full size photo it seems fine. :)

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    jornaeve Says:
    April 12th, 2010 at 6:20 am

    I love this cover. Such talent! I love the feeling it evokes. My only qualm is….Mat’s face. The close up reveals him to be rather off-putting. Come on, this is Mat the lady killer, with the panty-dropping smile we’re talking about. He should have been rendered a more handsome fellow. (Oh, and to Angela_P; I think I remember reading that his foxhead medallion was about the size of the palm of his hand. Am I right?)

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    Angela_P Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    Oh, and the foxhead medallion under his jacket is way larger than I thought it would be.

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