30 Covers, 30 Days 2011: Day 15

Happy Tuesday to you! It's officially the midpoint of NaNoWriMo -- craziness, I say. To mark the occasion, take a look at today's cover, designed by Christopher King:



The Wonder Room by MrHeywire

In the 1940's, Hazel is a strange woman who has an obsession with time travel and wants to spend an eternity exploring the far reaches of time. A deal with the devil looks like it will make her dreams a reality. But, of course, there's a catch.

In the 1970's, Fletcher is a lonely child whose only friend is a stray dog. When the dog is caught in a house fire, Fletcher goes in to save it, only to need to be saved himself. After his rescue, he becomes strangely disturbed.

In 2009, Andrew meets an old homeless man who seems completely insane, but the things he says seems to make more sense than they should. The friendship that forms between the two leads Andrew closer towards understanding more about the nature of his existence.

The story of an eternal soul that enters a new body when the person dies. Each person the soul possesses is strangely drawn to The Wonder Room. Inside, the soul is temporarily freed from the body and its host fully understands their existence in a moment of ecstasy before dying and the soul is thrust through time and space into another body. Fletcher, however, accidentally breaks the cycle by being rescued from The Wonder Room before dying when he is a child and so spends the rest of his life understanding his existence, though it makes him sound deranged to everyone until he meets Andrew, his next incarnation. And so, a battle with fate begins.



Christopher King is the art director of Melville House Publishing in Brooklyn. As a graphic designer and illustrator, he's produced work for clients including Doubleday, Vintage, Random House, St. Martin's Press, the Criterion Collection, Nike, and others. He's also widely considered to be the world's foremost expert on sandwich architecture. His website is http://www.christopherbrianking.com.

My favorite cover so far! love the meaning of the cover and how it conveys the story plot in a dramatic way.

Magnificent synopsis and amazing cover. Back slaps all round...

I want to read this book! And the cover is great, immediately caught my attention and made me think: "People who are keys? How metaphorically delicious."

This synopsis is extraordinary - the first one I've read on NaNo that I can honestly say I would definitely buy if I saw on the shelf.

Cool.

In my opinion, this is the best cover so far and, because of it, I would definitely pick up the book to see what the story was about.

The synopsis is fantastic. I want to read this book!

The cover is fantastic, and I want to read this book like crazycakes. I think one of the tortures of NaNo is reading all these brilliant ideas and hoping, but not knowing, that you'll see them on the bookshelves in purchasable form.

I love this cover! Very creative and well done. Also, the book sounds absolutely brilliant- I hope that I will one day get to read it!

Oh my goodness! This is incredible! I love the cover!

Thankyou so, so much everyone for your kind words too! I've got a 5k day planned to get a couple of days ahead again and I think this is just the motivation I need.

Love love love this cover! Definitely one I would pick up in a store.

I agree entirely with the above comments - I love the synopsis and would definitely buy this book if I saw it.

The cover is pretty amazing, too - my favourite so far :)

This cover is definitely my favorite so far. Awesome.
The synopsis also sounds incredible.

I haven't said this yet, But I really want you to find a fantastic publisher and get this bad boy on the shelves! Get that word count up yo!

Must read this NOW. *.*

My favourite cover so far and definitely my favourite synopsis. Brilliant stuff!

Wow, that is a fantastic cover! I love the story idea too.

Ohhh this cover might just be my favourite. <3

very creative cover

i LOVE this cover and the story! awesome! congrats to the author for the awesome story, and congrats to the cover designer for an awesome cover!!! :D