

I already loved this book but this new cover makes it even better! I love the contrast of the colours and I think the image really depicts the essence of the story within. I think everyone will agree that there has been a significant improvement. Here is the cover for the second edition of The Exercise of Vital Powers! I am definitely glad I did though!Īnd now for the moment you have been waiting for since you opened this blog post. Had I not seen an amazing review of this book I may not have even decided to pick it up. I’ll be completely honest, I am someone who tends to at least partially judge a book by its cover.

For those of you who have not seen it before, this is the cover for the first edition: I have decided to do a before and after view of the book, just to show how much effort has been put into this second edition. I absolutely loved the first edition of his book and so I have even higher expectations for the second edition! I am really looking forward to it and I definitely recommend that you all take the time to have a look. However, I could not miss the opportunity to promote the cover reveal for the second edition of my favourite self-published book! The Exercise of Vital Powers was written by Ian Gregoire, who became a good friend of mine during my short-lived blogging career. I have not been able to write for months, but I’ll get back into it when the time is right. I have a new job, working five days a week, and I have been spending the rest of my free time with my young daughter. Some of you may have noticed that I basically disappeared. Unbeknown to anyone, Kayden's resolute determination to join the ranks of The Order is born of a secret that puts her priorities at odds with the precepts of the organisation, setting her inexorably on a collision course with the most powerful institution in The Nine Kingdoms.Cover Reveal: The Exercise Of Vital Powers Kayden Jayta, precocious apprentice of The Order, is all these things and more, yet wholly unwilling to acknowledge and rectify her many troubling traits. Undesirable qualities in a person at the best of times, but more so in a young woman born with the power to bring kingdoms to their knees. But a potential threat to the peace has emerged, and its source is much closer to home than the leadership of The Order may realise.Īrrogant, manipulative, confrontational and angry. For seven decades this mandate has guaranteed peace and stability throughout The Nine Kingdoms. Since its inception, The Order has been dedicated to the prevention of the misuse and abuse of magic. Some Lessons Must Be Learned The Hard Way.
