One of the toughest things about self-publishing for me is coming up withe cover art. Sure, Amazon offers a variety of generic book covers for use, but I want something a little more personalized.
The first book I published – Conqueror: Fields of Victory – originally used a photo I took of a coronet and sword. It looked like the cover for a romance novel and upon reflection I went with a modified photo of a knight in armor. It isn't high art, but it works.
Battle Officer Wolf benefited from this experience as well as the input of my lovely wife. I used a montage of two public domain photos, tinted them to match the mood of the book and added them into an existing stock template.
Scorpion's Pass used a similar approach, though this time the photo was done in-house and then modified to fit the template.
So what about A Man of Destiny? How best to encapsulate a sprawling three-volume epic of war, adventure and intrigue?
I wish I knew.
Chateau Lloyd 
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