LOVE IN DARK SETTINGS ¶ Main Bookshelf cover art gallery

This page collects banners and book cover art scattered around this domain and credits the original source art. Text descriptions are included. You may click on the book covers for larger versions of the covers. Some of the links on this page lead to art sites outside of Love in Dark Settings.

All cover designs are by Dusk Peterson. Uncredited banner designs are by a friend to whom I am greatly indebted.

Sections below:

DARKLING PLAIN

PRINCELING

Cover for Right or RightCover for Crossing the CliffCover for PrincelingCover for Rebirth

Darkling Plain banner typeface: Galliard. Banner design by William S. Peterson.

Right or Right cover art: Detail from A Huguenot on St Bartolomew's Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman Catholic Badge  (1852), by John Everett Millais. A woman looks up with concern at a man as she tries to tie a white cloth around his arm. The man tenderly embraces her while resisting her effort to protect him.

Crossing the Cliff cover art: Detail from The Prodigal's Return (1869), by Edward John Poynter. An older man gently holds a young man, who has turned his face away in shame.

Princeling banner art: Detail from an illustration for John Milton's Paradise Lost and detail from an illustration for Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso, both by Gustave Dore. A man gives a smoldering look as a young woman looks in his direction. Banner design by Dusk Peterson.

Princeling cover art: Detail from "Louis VII," from Crusades, by Gustave Dore. A royal figure, armed for battle and darkly outlined against a tree, seeks escape from a melee of fighting around him.

Rebirth cover art: Death Awakening Sleep (1896), by Simeon Solomon. A hooded man looks coldly at a youth.

More information about Darkling Plain.

THE THREE LANDS

Sir GalahadCover for Blood VowCover for Re-creationCover for Bard of PainCover for Mystery

The Three Lands banner art: Details from Sir Galahad (1865-70), by Arthur Hughes. In the painting, a medieval warrior clutches his spear as he rides his horse through a dark and sinister landscape. Intent upon his hunt, the warrior fails to notice a divine presence hovering above him.

Blood Vow cover art: Detail from The Roman Wine Tasters (1861), by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. A dark-skinned man ladles wine for a seated light-skinned man against the background of a clay-red tile roof and a statue of a roaring lion.

Re-creation cover art: Detail from Oszkár Glatz's Boys Wrestling (1901). A dark-skinned boy and a light-skinned boy wrap their arms around one another.

Bard of Pain cover art: Detail from The Savoyard Boy (1853), by Eastman Johnson. A street youth stands against a wall.

Mystery cover art: Detail from Evening (The Fall of Day) (1869-70), by William Rimmer. A male figure shades his eyes, while light shines in the black background.

More information about The Three Lands.

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