Yes, this is THE CHASE cover! Before someone gets a deja-vù feeling, I've to say immediately that Clive Cussler fell in love with my Italian cover for NIGHT PROBE right from the beginning, and that's all, eh eh... The Art Director at PUTNAM was incredible, we tried together several different concepts some of them really captivating and all of them different... but Clive's voice insisted with this one unanimously defined as 'a striking' cover...Well, the cover is official now - I received the confirmation on Monday - and comes forwarded all over the world just while you are reading this text. At this point it's impossible to rethink about alternative choices, in fact if you search for THE CHASE inside Amazon, you'll find already this cover.
Sooo...what about the differences between the twin versions of my famous sinking steam engines? The brilliant underwater colors are the same, but the locomotive has changed, morphing from the Manhattan Limited (Night Probe) to a Pacific Type Locomotive (1905) - see the reference model in the Catskill Archive. The background has been a bit enlarged too, as the dust jacket need more inches of oceanic depth...
For the sake of history, I've inserted in the post one of the possible applicants which in a near future could see the light as a print, or be included in a Portfolio about my Art. What do you think about the other version? ...hmmm... By the way...the Prints!!!... the production of Limited Edition Prints from THE CHASE repertory should begin at the end of summer. Stay tuned to this Blog and tell your friends to subscribe to our adventurous mailing list! :-)
