I’m happy to confirm that Procession of the Dead is due for release in the USA on June 1st 2010. The even better news for the more impatient fans among you is that the second book of the series, Hell’s Horizon, is due to follow swiftly on its heels — it’s scheduled to go on sale just six months later, on January 1st 2011!!! I know it’s been a long wait, but once these books hit, it’s going to be fast and furious from that point on!!! You can check out the incredibly cool cover for Procession over on the Book Covers page.

This is the front cover for the American hardback edition of Procession of the Dead. The book is due for release in the USA on June 1st 2010 — since that’s still quite a long way off, it’s possible that the cover might be tweaked along the way, but we’re all delighted with it as it currently stands, so I doubt there will be any major changes. But, if there are, I will of course share them with you further down the line. For now, feast your eyes on the cover as it currently stands — and I hope you love it as much as I do!!

This is the wraparound cover for the American hardback edition of Procession of the Dead, i.e. the front cover, spine and back cover. The book is due for release in the USA on June 1st 2010.

To create the cover for Procession of the Dead,  the art director set up a kind of puppet studio set in her apartment, and then took photos of it. This is a photo from the shoot, to give you an idea of how the cover was put together.