| Justin S. Davis |
[I posted this at the FB page, too.]
The first cover, with its cracked roads and abandoned vehicles and dark skyline, gives a vibe of desolation and despair (which is both enhanced by the exploitive nature of the be-mascara'd waif, and hindered, due to her ridiculous attire). It screams doom-n-gloom. (And the signage is just extra goodness.)
But the second cover? Aside from the radiation symbol (that's halfway obscurred, mind you), there's NOTHING that seems post-apocalpytic. It's a dog-man and an elfish-gal...with guns. It looks like one of the slapdash, off-brand, fly-by-night products from the 3E boom-n-bust era.
I already pre-ordered, so you have my money either way...but , if I had to pick the book off the shelf based solely on the cover, I wouldn't look twice at the second.