Welcome to a new cover reveal!

Today we have the pleasure of helping reveal the cover of The Anguished Earth, a new novella set in the Empire of the Wolf series, written by Richard Swan, published by Grimdark Magazine.

Let's take a look at the blurb:

It is winter in the Empire of the Wolf, and the town of Eisbrück burns with plague.

Whilst physicians struggle to contain the pox, the atmosphere thickens with recrimination and rumour: talk of inauspicious constellations, and a demonic witch filling the streets with bodies and black magick. Amongst the chaos, Sir Konrad Vonvalt must recover a dangerous fugitive—a child murderer who has escaped from Blackmarsh Insane Asylum.

But with winter’s bite closing and plague spreading like wildfire, finding the killer may be the least of his problems…

The Anguished Earth will be available as Ebook, and also as hardback, paperback and audio. It will be released the October 19th, 2026.

The cover features art by René Aigner and typography by Shawn T. King

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Richard Swan

Richard Swan is a critically acclaimed British genre writer. His debut fantasy novel, The Justice of Kings, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into eight languages.

His other work includes the Art of War and Great Silence trilogies, as well as short fiction for Black Library and Grimdark Magazine.Richard is a qualified lawyer, and before writing full time spent ten years litigating multimillion pound commercial disputes in London. He currently lives in Winchester with his wife and three young sons.