Art spotlight: Laura Givens’ cover for R.A. Jones’ “Deathwalker” novel

Laura Givens is the cover artist for Airship 27 Productions’ new fantasy novel by noted novelist and comic book writer and historian, R.A. Jones: “Deathwalker.”

See more of Laura Givens’ art at her web site, http://www.lauragivens-artist.com/.

With “Deathwalker,” Oklahoma writer Jones, writer of Malibu Comics’ “Scimitar” and “Protectors” as well as Marvel’s “Wolverine/Captain America,” has written a novel inspired by novelist Robert E. Howard’s world famous barbarian, Conan.

R.A. Jones.

Here’s how Airship 27 describes the novel:

While on his vision quest, a young Cheyenne brave, High Bird, encounters the spirit of Death. The powerful wraith recruits the boy as his new agent in the world, and High Bird returns to his tribe altered forever as Deathwalker. When the Cheyenne people become the target of a vengeful Pawnee Shaman, Stands Alone, only Deathwalker can stand between this evil sorcerer and the total destruction of his people.

In addition to the cover art by Laura Givens, the book features interior illustrations by Michael Neno.

Airship 27 publishes anthologies and novels in the pulp magazine tradition.

For more information on Airship 27, visit www.airship27.com.

- Matt Price