Secrets of Moldara * Design Cover Art * for the next big commercial-fantasy book series!

Secrets of Moldara

Brianne Earhart

Brianne Earhart spent most of her childhood dreaming up stories. She would pretend there were knights and fairies living in the woods behind her house, that her animals could talk to her, that magic was a superpower, and that her imaginary friend really did have a house in that fallen tree across the horse trail. Struggling with learning disabilities throughout her schooling, she was very insecure because reading was a challenge. Her imagination and creative expression were her safe place and creating stories through works of art, her liberation. After years of self- education, she had enough confidence to trade her paintbrush for words to create The Moldara Series.
Brianne Earhart studied Creative Writing and Art at Southern Virginia University. She loves being outdoors, creating art, all things yoga, and dark chocolate. She lives with her husband, Tony and their 5 kids by a lake in Northern Idaho.

Circle the moon and cross the tide
Beyond the waterfalls, protectors hide
Leave the last secret at their door
And they will defend you evermore
The woods around Lotty’s childhood home are filling up with dangerous people. Her grandmother’s death has brought the family back from Chicago and triggered a secret Lotty was never meant to face alone. Guided by a desire to finally solve her Grandpa disappearance, Lotty has enlisted the help of farm hands that are keeping their own deadly secrets. Together they will have to learn to trust again, relying on each other’s will to fight, if they are going to survive the truth that waits for them both in Moldara.

English speaking
Females age 14-45
Readers that loved: Twilight (books/movies), Outlander (books/tv), Once Upon A Time (tv)
this is a commercial fantasy (light fantasy) based in this world with hints that the story will take us to another world
The cover image/font should hint at an approaching danger that is from a very old world

We are trying to communicate that another world is invading ours so please consider this in your design elements. This whole book is set in our world now.
If the image is simple, the title font should be elaborate.
If the title font is simple, then the image should be complex and detailed.

Possible Cover Art for Complex Designs:
- A sword wielding man entering a menacing cave (prototype included and featured on http://www.moldara.com)
- A Harpy Eagle (wearing a half a polished geode on a strap around its neck, a silhouette of a figure in shadow on the geode) claws open and ready to attack
-A sword wielding, cloaked rider, on horseback, running towards a girl’s hand holding a smart phone (as if to take a picture. See also attached file)
- a smart phone lying in the grass with a broken screen. The last picture on the screen is of:
-a sword wielding, cloaked rider, on horseback
or
- A Harpy Eagle wearing a half a polished geode on a strap around its neck, claws open and ready to attack
or
-a cloaked man with a nose to chin metal masks that look like they are modeled after a decomposing corpse
or
- A unique, blown-glass lamp with a sparking blue flame, its glass cover removed
-A young woman’s bloody arm in the grass, a smart watch on her wrist, an archer’s wrist guard just above it with a symbol on it (see also: Bronia.jpg)
-A young woman’s bloody arm in the grass, an archer’s wrist guard just above it with a symbol on it (see also: Bronia.jpg) here smashed phone just out of reach

Possible Cover Art for Simple Designs:
- Druid-like Runes in an open book (think leather bound and very old)
- Parchment Paper with special writing (see also attached: alphabet key, symbols for Virginia, Sages/lamp, Moldara, Ninever, Tershon, Bronia)
- Shadowy figures in the woods
- A unique, blown-glass lamp with a sparking blue flame
- Nose to chin metal masks that look like they are modeled after a decomposing corpse under a light
- Reverse silhouette of a girl, (see attached image) with scary woods inside her
- The Bronia symbol/necklace (see attached image) at a young woman’s throat
- The title on a pages as if translated from Moldara to English (see attached alphabet and it’s translation)
- See also jpg symbols attached (those would be found in an open book and as lettering on the pages)

If the image is simple, the title font should be elaborate.
If the title font is simple, then the image should be complex and detailed.