The Friday Face-Off: A Series That You Love

   

Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme at Books by Proxy. Join us every Friday as we pit cover against cover, and publisher against publisher, to find the best artwork in our literary universe.  You can find a list of upcoming topics at Lynn's Books.

This week's topic is:
A Series That You Love

 

I opted to skip this week's topic (cover changes) and instead go with the topic from last week (a series that you love) because I actually made a cover change post last year that pretty much covers most of the major cover changes from series I've read, and my opinions about them haven't changed much since then. So let's talk about a favorite series and look at some covers!

There are a lot of series that I love, so I decided to pick one of my all-time favorite series that I don't think gets enough love: The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington!

Aren't they all beautiful together!? These three are all from the Orbit publications of this series, and I've shared some international covers (of the ones available!) for all three books below.

More covers of book one, The Shadow of What Was Lost:

2014 Kindle | 2018 Czech | 2017 German

2017 German #2 | 2019 Russian

More covers of book two, An Echo of Things to Come:

2018 German | 2020 Czech | 2021 Italian

More covers of The Light of All that Falls:

2021 German

My choice(s):

I love the covers for the original trilogy. They have a nice mix of simplistic elements with some detail, and I like that each one has a strong pop of color. They're all so similar that they feel super thematic, but they aren't too similar to be boring, if that makes sense?

What cover(s) do you like the most?

Can't-Wait Wednesday: The Light of All That Falls by James Islington & Labyrinth of Ice by Buddy Levy

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights exciting upcoming releases that we can't wait to be released! This meme is based off of Jill @ Breaking the Spine's Waiting on Wednesday meme.

This week's upcoming book spotlights are: 

The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy #3) by James Islington
Publication: December 10th, 2019

Orbit

Hardcover. 608 pages.

Pre-order: Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

From Goodreads:

"The Light of All That Falls concludes the epic adventure that began in The Shadow of What Was Lost, the acclaimed fantasy blockbuster from James Islington. 

The Boundary is whole once again, but it may be too late. 

Banes now stalk Andarra, while in Ilin Illan, the political machinations of a generation come to a head as Wirr's newfound ability forces his family's old enemies into action. 

Imprisoned and alone in a strange land, Davian is pitted against the remaining Venerate as they work tirelessly to undo Asha's sacrifice - even as he struggles with what he has learned about the friend he chose to set free. 

And Caeden, now facing the consequences of his centuries-old plan, must finally confront its reality - heartbroken at how it began, and devastated by how it must end."

The Licanius Trilogy has easily become one of my favorite fantasy series and I am truly beyond words with my excitement for this final book. I have no idea what's going to happen and I can't wait to see how Islington handles everything.

and...

Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy

Publication: December 3rd, 2019

St. Martin's Press

Hardcover. 400 pages.

Pre-order: Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

From Goodreads:

"In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. 

Greely and his men confronted every possible challenge—vicious wolves, sub-zero temperatures, and months of total darkness—as they set about exploring one of the most remote, unrelenting environments on the planet. In May 1882, they broke the 300-year-old record, and returned to camp to eagerly await the resupply ship scheduled to return at the end of the year. Only nothing came. 

250 miles south, a wall of ice prevented any rescue from reaching them. Provisions thinned and a second winter descended. Back home, Greely’s wife worked tirelessly against government resistance to rally a rescue mission. 

Months passed, and Greely made a drastic choice: he and his men loaded the remaining provisions and tools onto their five small boats, and pushed off into the treacherous waters. After just two weeks, dangerous floes surrounded them. Now new dangers awaited: insanity, threats of mutiny, and cannibalism. As food dwindled and the men weakened, Greely's expedition clung desperately to life.

Labyrinth of Ice tells the true story of the heroic lives and deaths of these voyagers hell-bent on fame and fortune—at any cost—and how their journey changed the world"

I love anything related to survival in polar/arctic/etc. climates, so this was sort of a no-question 'must-have' when I saw it. This sounds intense and fascinating and I hope to be able to check it out in December!

What do you think about these upcoming releases? What are your anticipated upcoming releases?