ARACHNE’S CRIME cover art!

It’s been a while, but it was worth the wait… Here’s Mike McPhail’s cover art to Arachne’s Crime!

Pretty striking, huh? It’s a more symbolic image than I expected, not a scene that literally takes place in the novel — at least, not physically. But what it represents is critical to the story, an excellent choice of focus.

I got to suggest a bit of an in-joke — the “18:11” under “CYBELE” is a nod to Analog Volume CXVIII No. 11, the issue containing my debut story, “Aggravated Vehicular Genocide,” of which the first half of this novel is a revised and greatly expanded version.

The folks at eSpec Books are working on the title text and such, and we should have a final cover reveal any day now. Which means the novel should be very close to going on sale at last!