Empire of Silence

written by Christopher Ruocchio

cover by James L. Cook

interiors by Taran Fiddler

  • Limited to 922 copies. The Deluxe Edition is over 500 pages and is printed on 60# Finch Vanilla paper. The full-color insert illustration is offset printed and tipped in. Cover art, color inserts, and endpaper illustration is by artist James L. Cook. The 11 black-and-white illustrations are printed in-line and are distributed throughout the book. All black-and-white illustrations in this novel are by artist Taran Fiddler.

    The boards are imitation leather, with a slight glossy finish and stamped with a red foil design by artist Kieran Yanner.

    The page edges have been sprayed a deep crimson.

    A slipcase is available as an add-on to your purchase. Slipcases were made an optional add-on as part of the Kickstarter campaign. The slipcase is the same black imitation leather as the cover boards, and employs the same red foil in the stamped design, which features a round cut-out. The slipcase design is by John Barry Ballaran.

    This edition is signed by the author and hand-numbered.

  • Limited to 78 copies (three alphabetized sets). The Lettered Edition is over 500 pages and is printed on 60# Finch Vanilla paper. The 2 full-color insert illustrations are offset printed and tipped in. Cover art, color inserts, and endpaper illustration are by artist James L. Cook. The 11 black-and-white illustrations are printed in-line and are distributed throughout the book. All black-and-white illustrations in this novel are by artist Taran Fiddler.

    The boards are imitation leather, with a slight glossy finish and stamped with a gold foil design by artist Kieran Yanner. The dust jacket included with this lettered edition is a unique textless variation.

    The page edges have been sprayed jet black. A cloth ribbon bookmark has been sewn into the binding.

    The lettered edition includes a solander-style clamshell case. The solander is the same black imitation leather as the cover boards, and features a gold foil design by artist John Barry Ballaran. The interiors of the solander feature faux-marbled patterned inserts.

    This edition is signed by the author and hand-lettered.