No. The banner image was not made to inform you that "Winter is Coming." Although the current season of Game of Thrones is starting out strong and already half over, the custom banner is to promote my GI Joe fan-fiction novel, Into the Clutches of Cobra-La.
When Beach Head and a group of new recruits travel to the Himalayan Mountains for advanced training Lieutenant Falcon and the others make a shocking discovery. What they find changes their mission and their perceptions of reality drastically. They'll have to survive an ancient race of relentless insectoids, savage monsters and even the vicious Golobulus, Supreme Ruler of Cobra-La, if they want to make it onto the GI Joe team.
Even Beach Head doubts they'll all make it.
Into the Clutches of Cobra-La is available on Amazon.com for only $1.99. Click on the image to the right to purchase the book and download it to your Kindle, or any device compatible with the free Kindle app. Please rate and review.
As previously brainedoutloud the Amazon Kindle licensing program does not allow custom covers to be made. Instead, you must choose from a small selection of images approved by Hasbro. The black background with stars and Cobra logos was the theme I went with for both my books and will continue with my upcoming third; the title yet to be determined. I think the official Kindle Worlds covers of Into the Clutches of Cobra-La and Mindbender Theater are satisfactory, but I created my own graphics anyway.
As you may be aware, comic books typically have multiple covers and now Into the Clutches of Cobra-La also has an alternate custom cover, highlighting the courageous Falcon and Jinx in my cartoonish style; seemingly surrounded by unseen enemies in a bitter cold, hostile environment.
A small sample from Into the clutches of Cobra-La
Falcon heard an unsettling, gargling, baritone growl. “What was that!” Falcon said nervously as he spun around to shine his flashlight behind him. The excited soldier bumped into Outback as he turned, they both dropped their flashlights. The lights go out as they hit the cavern's floor.
“Good job, idiot.” Beach Head said, clearly annoyed. “I should make you find your own way off this mountain. Your not even a Joe anymore you –” The growl was heard again, this time by everyone. “Uhhh” Beach Head stammered for a second. “Let’s keep moving. Outback, watch our six.”
They continued through the cave a bit faster than before. Puddles of water splashing beneath their feet. Quick, pounding thumps rapidly approach from behind. Before Outback can turn toward the noise his light is knocked from his hand and once again goes dark as it hit the ground. He is forcefully thrown back into Falcon, and the confused survivalist opens fire with his Heckler & Koch G3 automatic rifle. Falcon turned as soon as Outback had bumped into him, and pointed his flashlight toward the rear of the cave only to reveal Outback was unloading his weapon at nothing.
“What happened! Outback report!” Beach Head shouted.
Frightened and short-winded Outback answered, “I’m here. Something big hit me. A bear maybe.”
“Bears don’t live in the Himalayan Mountains.” SFC Natale said frankly.
Outback gets his flashlight operating again, “Maybe it was the bloomin’ Abominable Snowman.”
“Enough with the jokes, Outback” Beach Head said. “Let’s keep moving.”
The group is keenly suspicious they are not alone in the darkness. Tunnel Rat is leading the group through the cave much quicker now. The low throaty growl is heard again, louder and closer. “Let’s move it” he yelled.
As the group essentially sprints through the cave, Falcon stumbles. He falls hard, his chest splashing in a puddle. Outback trips on Falcon’s feet and falls next to him. The two search for their flashlights. They direct the lights around and immediately shuffle away as the beams shine on several human skulls and various other bones. A large red and black centipede crawls out of the eye socket of one of the skulls and into it’s gaping jaw. As Falcon scrambles to get up, he realizes the puddle he landed in was not water as he assumed, it was thick syrupy blood. Falcon yells, “This is no cave. It’s a nest.”
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