Images

Want an extra-large version of the cover? You can find that here, along with the wraparound.

I used the following two images as desktop backgrounds, for inspiration while I worked:

a sepia image of Cairo, seen through a round window

A small group rides across a flat desert floor

Todd Lockwood, of course, is the artist behind the beautiful cover. He also did the ten interior sketches, which, sadly, I cannot post here . . . you’ll have to pick up a copy of the book to see those!

Also, if you’ve attended any of my more recent book tour events, you know that I’ve brought along dragon fossils for the “show and tell” portion of the evening. Since not everyone is able to make it to an event like that, though, I’ve photographed the fossils for all to see:

Rock-wyrm tooth, from Vystrana
Rock-wyrm tooth, from Vystrana
Desert drake claw, juvenile, from Akhia
Desert drake claw, juvenile, from Akhia
Desert drake skull, juvenile, from Akhia
Desert drake skull, juvenile, from Akhia
Preserved honeyseeker skull from Lutjarro
Preserved honeyseeker skull from Lutjarro
Fossilized claw, species unknown
Fossilized claw, species unknown
Firestone fragment, set as jewelry
Firestone fragment, set as jewelry
Petrified egg, from Keonga
Petrified egg, from Keonga
hatching desert drake
Artist’s representation of a hatching desert drake (egg is wrong color and shape)