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IFWG is very pleased to reveal the cover of Hope’s Song by Larry Ivkovich. The brilliant cover art is by Danyon Street and the wonderful cover design is by Greg Chapman. The cover totally captures the main themes of the novella, and neatly falls into the fantasy/steampunk sub-genre.

June 1865:

The Dimensional Veil has been breached, allowing monsters from beyond the Numinous to enter the human world of the Gaia American Union. They are the Eelees: reptilian invaders who blasted a dimensional pathway from their own realm into the human world in pursuit of conquest. Riding their monstrous spider-mounts, they begin a war with humanity that still rages seven years later. By sheer force of will, determination, and the resurgent powers of magic and technology, the Gaia Defense Coalition has forced a stalemate, but with little hope of a final victory. 

Five disparate souls struggle to survive: Nurse Matron Miriam Kosanavic serving aboard the hospital train Aesculapius; Lakota ‘Demon Hunter’ and ornithopter pilot Sky Wolf and his spirit-brother, the white cougar Ahnka; Jom, an escaped human prisoner from the Eelees, harboring a startling secret; and an Eelee shapeshifter who may be more powerful than anyone realizes

 And amid the chaos, a young orphan girl named Hope strives to find her voice, to sing a song for the future of humans and Eelees alike.

Hope’s Song will be released globally in September 2024.