With a recent re-edit and a new audiobook release it was time to give False Flag a cover make over and after careful consideration I opted for the services of the cover collection.
They offered some great options and it really was tricky choosing what to go for.
These are just four of eight options that Debbie sent over:
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What I ended up doing was picking out the best elements (IMHO) and the cover that struck out the most was #1 of the first batch. However I preferred the stronger, gritty orange/red background effect of some of the other covers. I also liked the title font from option #1 but chose the author and tagline fonts on #2, so we explored that route.
We soon realised, however, that with the figure looking down, combined with the new background and the colour combination the cover ended up looking very similar to Mark Dawson’s Tarantula, which is a damn shame as it was a great cover..as is Tarantula of course.
After changing the siluette figure we finalised the cover to the following.
The story behind the story. Several people have recently asked me about what inspired the writing of False Flag; the thriller featuring Frank Bowen and his fall into a vortex of international conspiracy.
I began writing False Flag, which was a completely different plot at the time, when I was in South-east Asia many years ago. The original plot involved the main potaganist going to Asia and falling into the clutches of a drugs ring. A lot of the scenes set in Thailand and Sumatra were places I had personally visited.
Then it stayed at the bottom of a box with other papers and notes for about ten years, or more. When I re-discovered my love of writing and story creation I decided to take the basic idea; a man running away from homeland only to find a darker, dangerous world.
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