Sai of the Gaijin - Book 1 Cover

This is the cover for book 1 of "Sai of the Gaijin" by Curvature Press.  Cosplayer Ginny McQueen portrays Akari, a young ninja in a modern day underworld.  Ginny was remarkable on set for our photo shoot.  As a cosplayer, she's spent years conditioning herself to play genre-type characters, and when she grabbed those sais and pulled on the hood, she was full-on ninja.  Every pose she struck was full of danger and motion, regardless of the fact that she was wearing next-to-nothing for most of the shoot.  She's a true artist, and this particular image really struck me as encapsulating everything the book was about.  Chris wrote a hell of a tale, and Ginny really brought out the pain and nuance of the main character - to the cover and across all the interior artwork.

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