Continuing on to the next set, I’ll review #s 10, 9, and 8, the “Generic Scenes of People Riding Horses.”

#10. Winter’s Heart

I think that’s supposed to be Perrin on the cover. However, it looks like it’s Perrin’s mini-me. I mean, isn’t he supposed to be big and threatening and wolf-like? In the book Perrin’s out to get his wife Faile from the renegade Aiel. This cover has Ricky Schroeder gone woodsman out to check his beaver traps and maybe smoke some jerky.

#9. The Path of Daggers

Starring on this cover, in the ugly thigh-boots, it’s Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, marching his armies into Ilian. There was a battle in this book. Why isn’t that on the cover instead of Rand riding with his sword drawn so awkwardly? I’ll be he runs with scissors too (which is a perk only channelers of the One Power are allowed).

#8. New Spring: the Novel

The cover of this book tells me that a group of people will ride horses a lot. One rider will wear green, one will wear red, and two will wear blue. The yellow bushes are used very nicely to offset the characters from the city in the background. It’s interesting that this one and the cover of The Great Hunt are the two covers whose color schemes are a little more complex, yet the artist is still able to create great contrast and vibrancy to draw the buyer’s eye. I love that I can identify Moiraine on this one, and especially like how it echoes the direction and posture of the characters and horses on The Eye of the World. Very fitting, since this was touted as the “new beginning” to the Wheel of Time series.

Tomorrow we’ll look at #s 4 through 7!