This is where the cover will be birthed. Pointy corners, and all.

Totally clueless as to what this book is about. (Better be good!) The covers do not help. They look like something someone left on the bus. I would pick it up and give it to the driver.

My impression of the covers is the book is something non-fiction and “inspirational”.  It needs a dead person on it. Or a live person doing something interesting. Or a tarantula.

OK, serious, either cover looks looks like a self-help book. The taped-together one has possibilities but needs “something”.

Don't get me wrong. I just think a cover should make me want to pick up the book – not read the book to understand the cover. (”better” understand it, once I read it, is great though)

Okay so back to discussing in an organized way.  I still think something cool could be done with the tree on the dreary planet one – just with a better border – like a black one.  Of all the pictures, the content of this one is most clearly linked to the content of the book.  Not that this is the MOST important thing – but it's something.

I also like the swampy tree image like everyone else.  This one though is kind of the most far removed to me.  I encourage Mr. Howey to add something to the content of the book (i.e. some flood or something) that could make the swamp picture not go so against the scenes already in the book.  It's a sweet cover.

The other one I like is the legs going up the tree.  I do worry that it looks more “horror” than dark sci fi adventure.  Not sure what there is to do with that.  I worry that readers who would like a horror movie will pick it up and then be dissatisfied.  And I worry that people who would love the story will not pick it up thinking it's a horror book.  Of the leg images, the one that looks most like she is climbing is the best fit to me.  The one that looks like she's “hanging” (as others have put it) is the most haunting of all of the cover ideas though.