Cover Story: Necropolis

One of the most striking covers of The Symbiot-Series, Necropolis' cover most certainly is the first book that grabs the reader's attention.

This final cover, featuring the face of Pharaoh Nyarlathotep (the main antagonist of this entire series).

This artwork is actually a photograph of a statuette of Osiris sitting (c. 664-332 BCE) located in Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. (Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons,Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr)

Staying with the series' black and gold/yellow colour scheme, this very nearly wasn't the final cover art.

Nearly becoming its final incarnation, this draft cover featuring the rusted (and submerged) hull of the Japanese destroyed, The Yakayuki , from The Hunt: Symbiosys), replete with water droplets on its cover.

This artwork would eventually find itself on Necropolis' back cover.

Previous drafts and concept artwork were these:

These were ultimately abandoned for various reasons: Too busy. Too revealing. Permission and copyright issues, etc.