PRE-ORDER ALERT!
The Burning Queen by @aparnaverma.bsky.social

"So what will you become, Elena? Villain, hero, or conqueror?"

#Fantasy #Romancelandia #BookSky

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Ngoc did an amazing job!

and the best part?? you can get this artwork as part of the preorder campaign for The Burning Queen! so get your preorders in and save your receipts 😉

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the result? Elena as the hero, impaled by 3 swords (which is a significant number but I can’t tell you why bc spoilers 😉). I LOVE the details of this piece, especially the lighting, her faceless pain, the cut of her battlesuit. Ngoc did AMAZINGGGG

I found this artwork on Pinterest (artist: wifihunters on tumblr) and was moved by the pain, the emotion, and the anonymity of the subject. I sent this artwork to Ngoc as well as a few notes, and we got to work.

for the hero, I really wanted to focus on the idea of sacrifice. a hero bears the burden of people’s expectations and dreams, and Elena bears her country’s survival on her shoulders. she is constantly beaten down, and yet still, she rises.

I worked with the lovely Ngoc Nguyen (who made artwork for the first book, The Phoenix King) to create three “cards” of Elena for the sequel: the villain, the hero, and the conqueror.

Yeah...my tbr is getting a little light. *coughexcusetobuymorebookscough*

I'm working my way through The Phoenix King by @aparnaverma.bsky.social right now.

That book is 🔥🔥🔥 literally and figuratively. So good.

in all her glory 🧡

art is by Gehan Mounir! You can preorder the book here: https://linktr.ee/AparnaVerma