Luna’s Prose Ramblings

I am eagerly awaiting the release of author/TwiCrit Kaleb Nation’s debut novel Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse.

A while ago Kaleb told us that Brandon Dorman was going to be illustrating The Farfield Curse. Dorman is mostly known for his work on the Goosebumps series.

After showing us the first magnificent drawing by Dorman,

Kaleb today revealed the partially obscured cover art for The Farfield Curse;

I have the preview chapters that were graciously made available by Kaleb, but I haven’t read them yet, because I really would rather just sink in my comfy chair with the book when it comes out. Anticipation… it can kill. But the glimpse of cover art is a nice piece of the puzzle that is the novel waiting to be published.

When looking closely at the partially obscured cover art, my guess is – and it’s an obvious one – that the main eye catcher is Bran in front of a warehouse, probably the same warehouse he is waiting on top of at the start of the book. In this drawing, Bran is holding a crescent necklace. The same crescent that has been a teaser for the book ever since the start of Bran’s steps into the open. The crescent necklace is important.

In the back, there is also a hooded man in a trench coat or cape of some sort. If this art represents part of the opening sequence of the book, it could be the banker or the burglar. I would say burglar by the way he is dressed. So the question that this drawing raises is, is Bran chasing the man or running from him ? For the moment, I would say running… and that would make sense if it’s the burglar who is after Bran.

The burglar is walking towards two lights. Car headlights ? Is it the man’s car ? Or someone elses ? Is the man alone in the background or has someone in the car already spotted Bran ?

Looks like another gorgeous piece of artwork and a nice tantalising way to reveal it. Stay tuned for more artwork of Bran Hambric tomorrow.