Reblogged from Graeme Cumming:

Over the next few weeks, you’re going to see a number of images relating to Carrion appearing regularly on my social media. The most common will be the cover, which I revealed at the end of last year. Here it is again:

Isn’t it a beauty?

But there will be others and they’ll be dotted about in various places, so I thought I should explain them.

All the images are based on a map that’s described in Carrion. It’s been common in fantasy adventure novels for maps to be included, especially if they represent fictional lands – think Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones. Since much of Carrion relates to a journey, I had to draw a map to use as a guide for myself when I wrote it. I did something similar for Ravens Gathering, though that was the layout of a village to make sure I didn’t move the Post Office to the wrong side of the road, or have a farm entrance too far from the pub.

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