First of all I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time and submitted an entry (or more) to this competition, as well as to Mark Lawrence and Pen Astridge for their help in considering the submissions. Once again we were grateful to receive so many wonderful pieces and…
Category: Art
Announcing the winner of the Holy Sister Art Contest
A big thank you for all the amazing works we received for this contest. We felt that two of the entries were especially deserving of being awarded first place and winning the prize, but since we only had one book to give away, this presented some difficulties. Luckily, Mark’s US editor at ACE, Jessica…
Holy Sister US Cover Reveal
I’m thrilled to reveal yet another beautiful cover from ACE and artist Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme for the US edition of Mark Lawrence‘s upcoming book: Holy Sister! . They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the…
Minion #247
Behold the beginning of a children’s goblin book Mark wrote in 2014. Illustrated by István Lakatos.
ONE WORD KILL Cover Reveal
I’m absolutely thrilled to reveal this fantastic cover from 47North, Amazon Publishing’s sci-fi and fantasy imprint for the first book of Mark Lawrence’s upcoming science-fiction trilogy: ONE WORD KILL! . It will be published in April 2019 in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, the US and Canada. Mark’s editor, Jack Butler said: “ONE WORD KILL is a stylish blend of…
Sister Apple artwork by Banished Shadow (Work in Progress)
I saw this posted on Twitter this morning and loved it so much I just had to post about it here, too, even if it’s not the finished work yet. The artist is incredibly talented, (she also won this year’s art contest here on ThatThornGuy.com), so you might want to check out her other works,…
Celebrating Fantasy Artists – A Grey Sister US hardback giveaway!
I have a signed Grey Sister hardback to give away! For a chance to win it comment under this post naming one (or more) of your favourite fantasy artists or/and SFF book covers (you can even add links if you’d like). You can select one from below if you don’t have one, but I’m…
Announcing the winner of the Grey Sister Art Contest
A big thank you for all the amazing works we received for this contest. It was hard to select just one winner when so many other entries would deserve a prize. After careful consideration we finally agreed on the winning entry to be ‘Sisters of Sweet Mercy’ by banishedshadow Congratulations! Once…
Prince of Fools cover art in progress by Saeed Farhangian
After Mark has shared this fantastic piece of artwork on social media I thought I’d repost it here so we can marvel at it in higher definition than what Facebook allows. Isn’t it stunning?
Sister Cage art by Banished Shadow
Another great Sister Cage art, this time from Banished Shadow. There’s a Red Sister fan art collection HERE, and I also have a post where I’m collecting pictures reminiscent of the world of Red Sister HERE. If you have any suggestions what I might still add to them, let me know! Agnes
