Howling Dark

written by Christopher Ruocchio

cover by James L. Cook

interiors by John Barry Ballaran

digital rendition of Highmatter Edition Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio
  • Limited to 922 copies. The Deluxe 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 both endpaper illustrations 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 John Barry Ballaran.

    The boards are imitation leather, with a slight glossy finish and stamped with a red foil design by artist John Barry Ballaran.

    The page edges have been sprayed a deep crimson to match the first book in the series.

    A slipcase is available as an add-on to your purchase. Slipcases were made an optional add-on as part of the Kickstarter campaign for Empire of Silence, and we have elected to honor the optional nature of the slipcase for the remainder of the series. 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 3 full-color insert illustrations are offset printed and tipped in. Cover art, color inserts, and both endpaper illustrations 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 John Barry Ballaran.

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

    The page edges have been sprayed jet black to match the first book in the series. 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.