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Cymro. Amateur writer. Private STEM tutor. Fan of Doctor Who, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Prog Rock, Sci-Fi Novels, British Comedy, Rugby, Skiing and Karate. https://cosmogenesishexad.blogspot.com

Text typed on a white page background, centred. The text reads: "Cosmogenesis Hexad, (The First Chronicle), The Immortality Paradox, T. L. Firth, Manuscript, Final Draft. In the top right corner there is also the words "Copyright, T. L. Firth"
Book cover with a summery, light brown and white colour pallete. There are white, fluffy clouds in the top half, a blue and white-spray wave in the centre, and brown bracken at the bottom in the foreground of sand. The author's name "Lesley Bungay" is centred at the top. The novel title "A Year Without Summer" is at the centre. The publishing company logo for Barnard Publishing at the bottom-right corner.
Screenshot from app Obsidian depicting a web of inter-connected pages as dots on a mind map. One dot at the centre is highlighted as “Chapters of Humanity”, with a number of connected dots turned bold.
A black and white novel cover, depicting an ink drawing of a man dressed in 18th century clothing, with an overcoat, a bicorne hat and a belt. Obscuring his eyes are two red crosses. A black speech bubble is emerging from his head and to the right. Within the speech bubble is written "Anfarwol neu Diflaniad Theophilus Cibber" with the author's name underneath "Peredur Glyn". On the left hand side is a black background badge stating "Enillydd Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen 2025" (Translation: The Daniel Owen Memorial Award Winner)
Novel cover, with a grainy, pencil-like background drawing of an old-fashioned, Victorian era skyline of Oxford. Four towers are visible, with one on the left prominent compared to the rest. There are also birds in the sky. The book title "Babel" is written veritcally down the centre with each letter printed inside square-shaped ink drawings. On the left side is written the author's name (again vertically), "R. F. Kuang". On the right side a golden-trimmed badge reading "Book of the Year". Underneath this is a review, "Ambitious, sweeping, epic - Evening Standard".
A stark, plain and lime-green book cover, with a giant, inky and computer script-like "X" displayed across the centre. At the top reads "Mindf*ck. They steal your data. They hack your brain. They rule the world" Underneath the "X", there is a quote reading "Clover, funny, bitchy, profound - Carole Cadwalladr, Observer" and the author's name, "Christopher Wylie".
The book cover is a painted depiction of a warship, HMS Wager, being chucked around on stormy seas, while white water licks up portside. The sky in the background is a gloomy grey cloud, with dark, ominous patches. The sea below is choppy and undulating. At the top of the cover it states, "The International Number One Bestseller, David Grann" and a smaller quote underneath reads "The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail...one of the finest non-fiction books I've ever read - Guardian". Across the bottom of the cover, in an old-fashioned script font reads "The Wager, A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder".
Book cover is an aquamarine colour, with etched stone archway, carved into filigree depictions at the top of the cover. A golden badge on the left-hand side states "WINNER of the HUGO and NEBULA AWARDS". Towards the middle part of the cover is the same aquamarine colour, but flushed on a crumbling wall, with pieces of old paint flaking away. Overlayed on top is the writing "Extraordinary - New York Times on the Fifth Season" At the bottom of the cover is the title "The Stone Sky", author name "N. K. Jemisin" and "The New York Time Bestseller".
Book cover depicting space filled with red and purple radiation. Science-fiction fonted writing across the cover reads "Humanity Has Spread Across Galaxies..."
The novel cover is outlined by a wooden boundary, with carved, flowery inlay. Like a wooden box, the main cover is separated into four segments. A large segment at the top has a crimson, red cloth, with a brass heart and key either side. The bottom three segments are a twirling fossil, two cards placed perpendicular (one spade and one diamond), and the final one is a greenish-blue egg, mottled with black marks. Writing at the top includes the author's name "Laura Shepherd-Robinson", and then underneath "The Square of Sevens".
An aritistic book cover with a skull-faced, red-haired, slender woman, stepping towards the reader in a sleaveless, black cloak and belt and wearing a glove on her left arm and wielding a saber in her right. Around her on a background of stars are skeletons in varying states of disrepair surrounded by a white smog At the top of the page is the author's name, "Tamsyn Muir", and towards the bottom in skeletol writing is "Gideon The Ninth". A quote is written at the bottom: "Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent enablers vie to serve the deathless Emperor! Skeletons!" - Charles Stross
A book cover depicting a claustraphobic area of vegetation, with purple and violet-tinged trees and branches on the left, and cyan-coloured mushrooms and vines on the right and underneath. At the centre, is a circle of pinky-red liquid set behind the title "The Tainted Cup". In written arcs within the pool of red liquid is written the following three sentences: "A Peculiar Crime. A Brilliant Investigator. A Mystery of Epic Proportions" There are two reviews centred below this, "A masterstroke - Max Gladstone" and "A riveting murder mystery - Fonda Lee". The author's name is written right at the bottom "Robert Jackson Bennett".
Book cover depicting the writing "A Bestselling Rivers of London Novel" above the author's name "Ben Aaronovitch", which is subsequently above the novel title "Moon Over Soho", written in the form of a river, with some letters interconnecting. All of this is written on a creamy white background. Towards the bottom right of the cover is a ink-drawn map of part of London, which is made up of caricature like drawings of famous landmarks as well as their names, all surrounding a part of the River Thames, which is coloured red. One blotchy part of the river explodes into a large "Blood-like" part of the ink-drawing, where writing appears in the centre, reading "Witty, well plotted, vividly written and addictively readable - The Times on Rivers of London".
Artistic novel cover, with a cracked, dilapidated stone tower, with a coppery-orange roof and pointed spire on the left of the cover. The tower is being wrapped by a teal dragon's long tail, which also has silvery whisps of fins and sharp spikes across its head. At the bottom of the cover is a view of a red-tiled town of houses and silhouetted spires in the distance. The name "Samantha Shannon" is written across them in white. On the right side of the cover, set against a vivid gold background with faint visions of fire, is the title "The Priory of the Orange Tree", and above that statements, "The International Bestseller" along with reviews "Epic - Guardian" and "Majestic - Daily Mail"
Book cover stating "A Bestselling Rivers of London Novel" at the top, with "Ben Aaronovitch" underneath, and "Moon Over Soho" written in a blue "river-like" font in the centre. The cover is set against a creamy-white background, with a detailed ink drawing of a London map comprised of famous locations around the capital city. Part of the map has been obscured by a glob of red blood-like ink, which is flowing and morphing into the River Thames. Other, small and relevant ink drawings are scattered around the cover, including a man's severed head, a cake on a plate, a trumpet and saxaphone, and a St John's ambulance.
Three books covers side by side. From left to right, there is "The Fifth Season" with a aquamarine stone-coloured cover; "The Obelisk Gate", centred with a stone-carved floral pattern in a dark blood-red; and "The Stone Sky", similarly aquamarine, but with a stronger green. All novels are written by N. K. Jemisin.
Picture taken at an angle of a book with the title "The Immortality Paradox" and "T.L. Firth" written in white on the front cover and spine. The spine is a dark blue background, while the front cover is a colourful remnant of a past supernova, that has left the imprint of dispersed gas in a nebula like shape, with distant, bright stars poking through. This section is also dark blue with an arc of lighter blue to the top left. At the top of the front cover is a cloud of red and orange matter emerging from all sides above the title.
Cover of novel "Rivers of London" by Ben Aaronovitch. It's set on a cream-coloured background with author and title above an inked, cartoonish map of a section of London. The map is riddled with caricatures, but a part is highlighted in blood red, including Covent Garden and the River Thames. Three ink drawings are separated above, including a wizard's hat, police constable's hat and a gravestone with a spade leaning against it.
Cover of a novel. It's a bright, teal colour with a compass symbol wrapped around the title "Earthea" which is underlined by a magic staff, "The First Four Books" underneath and "Ursula K. Le Guin" written in the shape of a smile. Above the compass is a silhouetted drawing of a young boy, with foliage, mountains, a craggy sea and a night sky full of stars above it all. Below the compass, is the silhouette of a woman flanked by two dragons facing inward. There are two quoted opinions of the novel; one at the top reading: "One of the major works of fantasy in this century" (by Observer); and one at the bottom reading: "Majestic" (by Telegraph).
Well-dressed and hair-styled man gazing to the side with a smirk. In the background are a row of windows with sunlight streaming through.
Mark S in a suit, walking towards the camera down a minimalistic, white corridor carrying bright blue balloons. The corridor is brighly lit with blinding white light.
Two men, one blonde, the other brunette, sat side-by-side in Superman t-shirts and wearing lanyards with name tags. The man on the right is leaning his head on the other's shoulder. They are sitting outside, in front of building windows, with children's graffiti underneath.
Lord Toranaga dressed in full battle armour and wielding katana, standing next to two stanchions in flames. Banners and tents are sprawled behind him, and a cliffside with trees at its top in the background.
Rhaenyra stands in a beautiful, embroidered purple and red cloak, her face lightly dusted with soot. Two vast dragons, one gold, the other deep red, are crouched behind her roaring in harmony on a craggy mountainside.
Sauron stands in the middle of a stone walkway in a burning Eregion. He is in an Elvish form with a gold-guilded dark cloak. In the background is a stone-worked decorative fountain, while the rest of the architecture is in flames or smoke.
Oz Cobb, dressed in a long, leather coat, standing amongst a junkyard in the sunlight. In the background, a train passes on an overpass.
Princess Inez and Pruwet holding hands near a plinth and adjacent to the Corrino throne. They are the top of a flight of steps covered in red petals. Large, grey statues rise either side of their cerermony. Princess Inez is wearing a vivid, red dress, while Pruwet is in a plain, white uniform with a cloak.
Vera Ye stands on the precipice of a gangway inside a vast detector. She's looking down into its depths.
Charlie and Nick sitting on the edge of a bed, staring at each other with concern while holding hands. Charlie is in a stripy top and pink cardigan, while Nick is in a green jumper.
Lucy carries a backpack as she stares out to the horizon of devastation under a yellow sky. In the foreground is the front part of a plane, and industrial-style containers and buildings and a couple of trees. In the distant background there's the silhouette of a vast city.
Viktor, with long air and sunken face, looks upwards as a bright light shines on his facade. A web-like substance hangs in the background.
Danvers and Navarro standing amongst deep snow, wearing very warm clothing, hats and police uniforms. A parked car behind them with its headlights on waits behind them. Both are looking into the distance.
Gideon hlds his hands up in surrender as powerful lights are fired in his direction. He's wearing a large black coat.
Frank Harkness looks gravely from the open door of a French house. Tree branches dangle to one side.
Thomas Ripley stands in a smiling and relaxed mood on a ferry in Venice. A gondola is seen to the left travelling in the opposite direction.
Sandra Cliff in full police uniform with accompanying radio and body camera. She has a grave expression.
Vice President Grace Penn, Hal Wyler and Ambassador Kate Wyler sit adjacent to one another at a dinner table. The Vice President is dressed in a black flowery dress, Hal in a suit and bow tie, and the ambassador in a plain, white dress. The Vice President appears confident and happy, the Wylers are more subdued.
Jason and Amanda stand in wonder inside the Box, which has multiplied itself into infinity before them and behind them. The interior of the box is very dark apart from a strange, continuous, greenish light.
Inside the restaurant kitchen, Sydney stands and leans against a work-surface while Carm sits next to her. They both have takeaway coffees. While Sydney is formally dressed in her chef's outfit, Carm's is open and casual. They are both looking down at their coffee.
DC Ember Manning, dressed in a warm coat and casual shirt, stands on a jetty leading into a lake. There are trees and shrubbery along the shore in the background
Closeup of a robot with a skull-like face and red eyes walking along a white, minimalist corridor with piping running alongside. The robot has fake skin peeling away from its body.
Agatha on the left is wearing a dark blue and purple costume in an open stance and Billy on the right is wearing a dark tight-fitting costume with a red cape fastened around his shoulders and a thin, blue crown around his forehead. A wooden fence with washing hung up is in the background.
Mariko wields a naginata as armed soldiers point weapons in her direction. She is standing her ground, her left hand holding her injured side. Her allies stand behind her in a group at the threshold of the castle, some wielding weapons of their own.
A large ship carrying a communication dish above its bridge. It's travelling towards the camera along a narrow river with banks of trees rising either side up to mountains.
Tina stares in angered shock towards the camera.
Galadriel and Sauron clash sword and crown as she is pressed against a stone column. Dark smoke rises from the burning Eregion in the background. While Sauron stares at Galadriel with vague disappointment, Galadriel's face is vitriolic.
Adar leads a contingency of orcs, some carrying flaming torches. Adar is mid-battlecry and wearing dark armour with his arms splayed.
Blackthorne is met by Lord Toranaga., Blackthorne looks shocked. Green treetops are lined at an angle in the background.
Rhaenys Targaryen sits on her dragon, Meleys', saddle, and is holding on during flight. She is dressed in red-tinted battle armour with a long cape billowing behind her. She also wears a dark, golden crown.
Victor and Oswald sit at night on a slab of concrete in the park. A line of lamps and trees line the background, casting dark shaddows.
Jackson Lamb looks seriously to one side. He's wearing a scarf over his black coat, which is covered in debris.
Tao dressed in a rabbit costume comforts an inconsolable Nick dressed as Captain America. LED lights are hanging behind Tao.
Hiromatsu, Yabushige and Buntaro sit side-by-side cross-legged on the threshold of a house. Outside is the night, and a light shines on them inside. A miscellania of pottery is placed before them, all in black.
Jinx is lying on the ground with her long starnds of hair spread out in a circle. A spotlight shines on her body.
Sisters Emeline and Jen face off. They are dressed in their grey-blue sisterhood outfits. A lamp glimmers in the background.
Sofia Falcone in an orange and white-striped prison outfit, with a metal collar a chain hanging beneath her throat. Her hair is unkempt, blood coats her cheeks and forehead, and she has a wild expression, with eyes wide.
Lilia dressed as a White Queen with a snowy white crown. A candle flickers behind her. Her face and expression is stony.
Maximus is dressed in red uniform and looks to one side with a concerned expression. There are shelves of various miscellania behind him, and a metallic pole on the right hand side.