Cover design...

This has been tricky. On the one hand the cover needs to look awesome, but it also needs to reflect the inside of the book AND not give away too much of the content. I mean, part of the hook of my story is the reveal of each individual Taker, so I can't have them on the front. Below are my thumbnails and a couple of varied takes on the cover design.

Eventually I settled on the below image.

Writing the blurb is often done by somebody that a publisher hires apparently, but I obviously had to take a stab at it. I had to offer some questions that needed answering and a brief summary of the story without revealing too much of what happens within. It's kind of tricky to do! I'm not sure about the use of the word appease, but then again, I think a parent is going to be the main person looking at the blurb of a book, don't you?