Scrap Metal Angel

This project was for the novella Scrap Metal Angel by Nicola Kapron, published by Duck Prints Press.

Reality, tiny and fragile, is cut off from the sea of chaos and nightmares that surrounds it by seven Gates. One of them is open—and has been since the Stone Age. Through that opening, strange creatures and energies slip through. Some are malevolent. None are harmless. And all of them must be kept a secret.

Every hidden magical world needs a shadowy clean-up crew. Adrian Somer is a Gatekeeper, sworn to protect the cosmic Gates, to defend reality from the unknown entities that exist beyond them, and to help those whose lives are affected by magic.

When a grieving sorceress starts punching holes in reality to try and resurrect her murdered fiancé, Adrian must turn to a ghost from his past in order to save the city, and perhaps the world—even if that means digging up someone he thought was safely buried: the twin brother he killed eight years ago.

This is in the digest format, with white paper and glossy cover options. The final books had 142 pages. The cover treatment is by Rascal Hartley.

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You can purchase the print and ebook versions from Duck Print Press.

Book, cover and spine
Book cover and spine
Sample interior page

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