A history of book covers

Hi,

Congratulations on spotting my first newsletter bonus content page!! 

Your reward is a history (so far) of the book covers for my first fantasy novel - Shadow World Book 1: Spirit Quest.

Here is the first book cover that I ever designed. I used it for the initial release of Spirit Quest:For some reason (that I still do not understand), soon after releasing Spirit Quest, I switched to this cover, which I have never really liked. I don't know what I was thinking:

A little while later, I had the idea for this cover, which I like a lot:

However, I always felt that the third cover never really caught the eye the way a good fantasy novel cover should, so in early 2026, I designed this cover, which is definitely my favourite so far:

I plan on sticking with this latest cover for a while, but I would be interested in hearing what you think. Which one do you like best?  Send me a quick email with your feedback.

In case you were wondering, I created all the images for these covers using Adobe Firefly and added the text using Canva.

Thanks,
-- Tim