Back in April, I posted the US cover art to Tom Lloyd’s The Grave Thief, and the reaction wasn’t terribly in its favour. Well, it looks like Pyr Books, the publisher, caught wind of the reaction here (and elsewhere on the web) and did a bit of touch-up work on it.

The Old Cover

The New Cover

Thoughts?

I definitely appreciate the change in typeface – more aggresive, more eye catching, more interesting. Though it’s still not an incredible cover, it’s nice to see Pyr taking a step back and admitting when they have a dud of a cover.