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The brief inside was sparse: Shadow of the Serpent. Magic school. Chosen one. Dark lord rising. Groundbreaking, Lena thought. But a successful template meant they could rebrand the entire series without rehiring an artist for every sequel. If she got this right, she'd be art director by spring. If she failed—well, the freelancer pool was deep.
She was about to find out.
Lena had exactly forty-eight hours to save her career. book cover design template
Lena cleared her drafting table and pinned up three reference novels. The Obsidian Throne used a heavy serif font with gold foil on a black silhouette. Ember and Bone favored a single ornate icon floating above a moody landscape. Crown of Shadows —she snorted—literally just a crown on a shadow. Everything felt borrowed. The brief inside was sparse: Shadow of the Serpent
"Send it to production. And Lena?" He tapped the amber eye on the cover. "Make sure the eye is on the spine for book two. Readers will want to find it." Dark lord rising
For the rest of the series, she could shift the color palette: crimson and charcoal for book two, jade and silver for book three. The serpent's eye could migrate across the spine. The fractured border could widen or close depending on the story's tension.