I think maybe we'll work our way backwards in time from today...

Here's Kit's most recent proposal for the cover. He'll hate me for putting it out there whilst still very much a work in progress, but hell, I'm unreliable that way...

Covers are fascinting things. We're told they matter enormously to readers, and I think that's right. But how do we judge success? Design felicity? Story appeal? What do you think?