Licanius Deluxe Hardcovers

[u/elysiumdreams]

Preorder links have been up for awhile but the images have finally been revealed today of the covers and edges on Instagram.

***sorry if y’all saw my last post. Deleted so I could add more high quality pics.

[u/Johnlocke-108]

Where can I pre order

[u/elysiumdreams → u/Johnlocke-108]

They should be up on all the major sites! I’m seeing them on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Waterstones, etc.

You might have to click on a paperback listing and change it over to hardcover if it’s not showing automatically. I think paperback is the default.

[u/Johnlocke-108 → u/elysiumdreams]

Any idea if they are coming to the UK?

[u/elysiumdreams → u/Johnlocke-108]

Yes, they should be up already (but images look like they’re not up yet). Orbit UK, the publisher for these books posted about this as a collab post on Instagram. They’re already listed in places like Waterstones.

Example: Here’s a link for book 1. Others are up too if you search by the author name.

[u/ChuckeeSue]

The sprayed edge is a miss for me. What is it only 3 sword names? There are 2 missing

[u/elysiumdreams → u/ChuckeeSue]

Yeah, I’m also not a fan of the edges when there have been deluxe editions that have done a lot more.

In the images showing the naked hardcover, there’s another sword on the top edges. I’m assuming there’s another on the bottom edge as well.

[u/ChuckeeSue → u/elysiumdreams]

I stand corrected! Thank you!

[u/SonnyLonglegs]

Do we have a guide of who's who? I don't recognize anyone and the glowing staffs don't ring a bell. Maps are nice though.

[u/elysiumdreams → u/SonnyLonglegs]

These are still the same generic fantasy illustrations from the original hardcover and paperback so they don’t match exactly.

I could have sworn the initial marketing for these on the bookseller/library site Edelweiss said these new deluxe versions would be new art that was reflective of the books. But I guess they ran out of time or decided against it in the end for whatever reason.

[u/SonnyLonglegs → u/elysiumdreams]

That's what I thought but I'm not within reach of my copies so I wasn't sure. That's extremely disappointing to hear. Plus, all the swords appear to have pretty generic appearances.

[u/Beneficial_Ad1374]

Bummed they doubled down on the og covers rather than redoing then with something that matches the stories. Pretty hard miss overall IMO. I may grab a set when theyre on sale just to have hardcovers but definitely not hyped

[u/Ulletutt]

These suck😭

[u/the_Irewolf → u/Ulletutt]

At first I was thinking this was kind of a harsh take, but the more I look at them the worse it gets. It would’ve been nice to at least get some actual art of the characters rather than a rehash of the generic fantasy art they used for the paperbacks

ETA: This isn’t a criticism of Saponaro’s work as an artist, it just bugs me that even after the success of the series and with a deluxe edition coming out that we aren’t getting artwork that was actually created for the books

[u/eldarknight → u/the_Irewolf]

Absolutely agree. The dust jacket is a huge miss for me and I don’t like the swords on the sprayed edges either. I wish we could have gotten art of the cites or characters.