It's time for
#BeyondTheCover, where we show you the amazing art behind our gorgeous book covers!
Today we are showcasing the art created by Dominic Harman for The Ishtar Deception by James L. Cambias.
Dominic Harman has been illustrating professionally in the field of fantasy, science fiction, and horror book covers for more than 25 years. His first professional sale was to the British science fiction magazine, Interzone in 1997. He landed his first major book cover deal in 2001. He's won the British Science Fiction Award for best artwork three times, as well as the Asimov’s Science Fiction Award for Best Artist amongst many others.
His inspirations and influences include the works of the classical painters, Velazquez, Rubens, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt, and also artists working in the fantasy scene: most notably Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta.
As the commercial landscape changed forever with the advent of computers he moved away from traditional media for many years and focused on digital cover work exclusively. Over time It was becoming important for him to resurrect his painting and drawing as it was a passion and a discipline so having not only the exciting digital work to keep him busy, he also has traditional paintings to keep him out of trouble!
The Ishtar Deception by James L. Cambias
A SPY, A MURDER, AND ONE SARCASTIC AI; MYSTERY, ACTION, AND ADVENTURE FROM THE BILLION WORLDS!
The Billion Worlds’ Greatest Spy Faces His Greatest Challenge
At the end of the Tenth Millennium, Sabbath Okada, agent of a nameless branch of Deimos’ labyrinthine government comes to the vast city of Ishtar on Venus to investigate the suspicious death of an undercover agent. His companion, Daslakh, is an old and cunning AI with its own self-imposed mission: to act as Okada’s conscience.
Searching for the truth takes Sabbath and Daslakh to the glittering towers of Ishtar’s elite, a brutal combat sport arena, and the unforgiving, wind-lashed face of Mount Maxwell, highest peak on Venus. Along the way they face ruthless Lunar Republic spies, double agents, and sadistic Ishtar police, but Sabbath’s greatest challenge comes from Meili Tewa, his deadliest enemy and his only love.
Each twist in the case reveals a new layer of deception, another betrayal. Hunted and on the run, with no one he can trust and no help from home—it’s time for Sabbath Okada to remind everyone why he’s the greatest spy in the Billion Worlds of the Solar System.
To see more of the artist’s work, go to:
bleedingdreams.com/
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