The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Posted by Jason on July 14th, 2010 in the

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of The Crossroads of Twilight, the tenth 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 Greg Ruth. The ebook will be released on July 20th.

The Crossroads of Twilight ebook

Crossroads of Twilight ebook cover

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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:

With Crossroads, we wanted to show Perrin at his breaking point. After engaging in a despicable act he, in a fit of justifiable rage, finally chooses to throw away his axe of war. The trick was getting the moment right. Attempts to show the action came across a bit cartoony. Instead, we decided to depict the minutes just after. The point was to show what Perrin, in this character-defining moment, was leaving behind.

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.

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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    Team Rosalie Says:

    Team Rosalie…

    OMG… did you see that Team Rosalie is almost as big as TE and TJ!?…

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    Ryan Says:

    I like it! This definitely conveys the mood in which Perrin finally abandons his axe. I would love to see more by this artist.

    To the comment of looking like Winnie the Pooh art, well I can see that the colors are a little like a comic-book style (not that that’s a bad thing necessarily) and the outlining too. However, art is communication, and this more than almost any other of the images I’ve seen truly communicates the character’s inner struggle, and is totally true to emotions in the book.

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    Gilmadin Says:

    Not a big fan of this one. The style reminds me of Winnie the Pooh art from when I was a kid. Take the axe out, and I could see this in a picture book for kids.

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    Suzette Says:

    one things for sure, this cover is sure to start some conversations. Does anyone else see the archer on the ground? the roots of the trees on the left of Perrin.

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    cindy Says:

    i think the tree’s looking at me kinda funny. . . .

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    Suzette Says:

    I see an Alien with a dagger in his heart in red at axe level, a naked cancer patien at root level in kind of an off yellow. but at the roots of the trees on the left, i see the silluett of someone laying down, with a quiver of arrows on his back and a drawn bow.

    I dunno, maybe i’m just in a macabre mood.

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    cindy Says:

    they are in the witness position. . . it would be a thing to witness.

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