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Spot the fellow RATer!
#1
My first two books have just been rejacketed. The new covers are amazing, IMHO. I only have one at the moment, but will post the other soon. 8)
Can you spot our fellow RATer on the cover, and name him?!
Ben Kane, bestselling author of the Eagles of Rome, Spartacus and Hannibal novels.

Eagles in the Storm released in UK on March 23, 2017.
Aguilas en la tormenta saldra en 2017.


www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
Facebook: facebook.com/benkanebooks
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#2
It's a bit small, but is that Jef Pinceel of XI Claudia?
Greets!

Jasper Oorthuys
Webmaster & Editor, Ancient Warfare magazine
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#3
Quote:It's a bit small, but is that Jef Pinceel of XI Claudia?

I was guessing the same.
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#4
Top marks! Big Grin
Here's James Dean's Roman ancestor in the new cover for The Forgotten Legion too:
Ben Kane, bestselling author of the Eagles of Rome, Spartacus and Hannibal novels.

Eagles in the Storm released in UK on March 23, 2017.
Aguilas en la tormenta saldra en 2017.


www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
Facebook: facebook.com/benkanebooks
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#5
Hurray for us. Now Ben, please point out what they've Photoshopped! :wink:
Greets!

Jasper Oorthuys
Webmaster & Editor, Ancient Warfare magazine
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#6
Great covers !!

But a historical question...

why name it the silver eagle and show a signifer ? :wink:

Answer: read the book........................ ?

M.VIB.M.
Bushido wa watashi no shuukyou de gozaru.

Katte Kabuto no O wo shimeyo!

H.J.Vrielink.
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#7
Quote:Hurray for us. Now Ben, please point out what they've Photoshopped! :wink:
They'll have used about 6 models in Roman uniform, and then photoshopped the rest. They now have Republican shields courtesy of Photoshop too, as I objected to the Imperial ones which had been used in the shoot. Jef is pretty much in all his glory from a photo he was good enough to give me. Smile
Ben Kane, bestselling author of the Eagles of Rome, Spartacus and Hannibal novels.

Eagles in the Storm released in UK on March 23, 2017.
Aguilas en la tormenta saldra en 2017.


www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
Facebook: facebook.com/benkanebooks
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#8
Quote:Great covers !! But a historical question...

why name it the silver eagle and show a signifer ? :wink:

Answer: read the book........................ ?

M.VIB.M.

Thanks! No, it's not a case of read the book. *Groans* We had the amazing photos of Jef, but none of an aquilifer. To get someone in at this stage with one would cost a lot, and as the art people said, it might look Photoshopped on Jef, which we didn't want, and also the eagle would be mostly obscured by my name, so what was the point? The cover was so great that I gave in. It was a case of "It looks great, and minor details like that don't matter!"
Ben Kane, bestselling author of the Eagles of Rome, Spartacus and Hannibal novels.

Eagles in the Storm released in UK on March 23, 2017.
Aguilas en la tormenta saldra en 2017.


www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
Facebook: facebook.com/benkanebooks
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#9
I think you'll find they photoshopped the standard anyway (Jef's has 5 phalereae on the original photo [on FB]). :wink:
Greets!

Jasper Oorthuys
Webmaster & Editor, Ancient Warfare magazine
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