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:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/163/163948/attachment_163948002 "As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.
By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you wont soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/155/155461/attachment_155461334 "Black Hats & Black Hearts
Enter the Old West as interpreted by acclaimed horror author Nancy A. Collins. Dead Man's Hand collects the novellas \"Walking Wolf\" and \"Lynch,\" the short stories \"Calaverada\" and \"The Tortuga Hill Gang's Last Ride,\" and completes the five-card draw with the all-new vampire Western novella \"Hell Come Sundown.\" The West has never been better or weirder.
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:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3354416/fe7e2203-b7fb-49d8-ad90-d80890fe5ad1 "How can you stop something that killed a planet?
Sent to negotiate an alliance with the alien species known as the Occassi, the diplomats of the ES Votum awaken from their 135 year voyage to find a dead world and a silent universe. With 12,000 colonists still in hypersleep aboard their vessel, the team must embark on a new mission: to solve the mystery of the Occassi’s extinction and somehow make their world habitable again. As tenuous exploration quickly devolves into desperate survival, one man must achieve the impossible: to turn the husk of a dead world into the cradle for humanity’s future.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/160/160900/attachment_160900902 "A Farewell to Arms (1929) follows Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian army during World War I. Amid the chaos of war, he meets Catherine Barkley, a British nurse mourning the loss of her fiancé. Their relationship begins as a distraction from the violence around them but deepens into a genuine and passionate love.
As the war intensifies, Frederic is wounded and sent to Milan, where he and Catherine reunite and find a brief period of happiness. However, after returning to the front and witnessing the disastrous Italian retreat at Caporetto, Frederic deserts the army, choosing love over duty. The couple escapes to Switzerland, seeking peace and a new life together—but their happiness is short-lived. Catherine dies during childbirth, leaving Frederic alone, devastated, and confronting the futility of love and war.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/163/163257/attachment_163257674 "Looking for a case to distract from the pain of losing his son, Assistant State's Attorney, Elijah Burton, arrests a neighborhood watch \"hero\" who used excessive force to stop a petty crime. Before Eli can prosecute, the hero offers him a deal: In exchange for dropping the charges, Eli's secret identity as a serial killer won't be made public. One body's been found so far, with a concerning message that threatens of three more to come. As evidence mounts, Eli must prove he's not the masked vigilante avenging the death of his son or lose his mind trying.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/145/145986/attachment_145986085 "As Jake Rayne travels through Idaho in his classic '57 Thunderbird, a devastating accident is the catalyst for a journey he isn't expecting. Alone in the deep forest, with his body battered and broken, Jake calls out for help. And the help he finds changes not only his life but his whole reality. Jake is opened up to awareness' of possibilities. Possibilities that we have always known should be, but have not shown up. Are you willing to have a world where language is not a barrier and people communicate telepathically, where the ability to heal and nurture one another is not limited to the qualified few?")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3354416/8b8b442e-ecee-401c-86c2-6c1d9eff34c3 "On a planet dominated by wolves, eight clans live together in peace after years of confrontation.
Swan, a wolf cub of Torok Clan, and his older sister Leïda, grow up remembering ancient wars and their atrocities, when their own ancestors fought for the blood of the Pale, those mysterious creatures once called \"humans.\"
But the peace of the clans turns out to be an illusion. The day their pack is attacked by Urtak's army, Swan and Leïda are taken by their grandmother through the woods. There, the old female wolf grabs before their eyes the last representative of the Pale race: an infant barely two months old, locked in an airtight capsule.
A frantic quest begins for Swan and Leïda, where survival, love, family, power grabs and primitive cults constantly merge as they sink into the secrets of their planet... this Earth of howls and fury. Of claws and fangs.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/159/159167/attachment_159167999 "An unknown beast killed a highborn girl, and now an Alchemist is coming to Triumph Falls endangering the city’s secrets.
Realmguard Edward ‘Ward’ Harrow, for his part, is adamant about steering clear of the murder, the highborn, and the Alchemist. The painful memory of his family’s demise is a burden he wishes to keep to himself, and he has returned to his birthplace to escape its repercussions. Yet, the Alchemist has other plans for Ward. Destined to be her Witness, he’s tasked with uncovering the city’s sinister secrets and its oppressive rule.
In his search for a multi-murderer, Ward discovers ungodly crimes, conspiracies against the people, and that some things must end for something better to come from them.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/135/135125/attachment_135125635 "Pandion intertwines three stories: an upmarket mystery involving a killer’s vengeance against a wealthy family that owns a large estate on the southern coast of Maine; a coming-of-age novel of the son, who lived on top of the world but is cast out on the street to crash in a Loisaida tenement; and a love story between the son and the girl he grew up with but always thought was his cousin. The three stories center on the family estate Pandion, which is named for pandion haliaetus, the western osprey, as well as for Attic tribe Pandionis in ancient Greece. The osprey is indigenous to Maine. The Greek connection carries through the mystery, as the villain leaves threats couched in Greek mythology.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/129/129023/attachment_129023745 "Nightfallers is a LitRPG (a story where the characters are able to enter a hyper-realistic game world). The main character and her friends are thrust into a competition among themselves and other schools, the characters have to survive and outwit their competition. As assassins and primarily stealth characters their methods are based on wit and cunning and a bit of luck.")
:format(webp)/99designs-contests-attachments/146/146513/attachment_146513884 "The Boys Are Back in Town is a fun, witty take on the cozy mystery. Imagine Lethal Weapon set in a small-town, minus drugs and weapons - well, a little bit of drugs and some weapons.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3354416/d9599506-7544-4966-aa26-39244708018a "“A very good mystery with some very interesting characters. Can't wait for the next in the series.” – Amazon Kindle Review of “The Boys Are Back in Town”
The wait is over. Brody James and his partner Bullock return for the sequel to the Eric Hoffer Award for Independent Books nominee “The Boys Are Back in Town.”
Brody James and fellow officer Libby Evans were looking for Roger. Instead they found Tom Downing. Dead in a park.
Carson McCall was found shot in the alley behind the Booker Building. And Brody’s quirky neighbor was seen fleeing the scene.
“Will this be a long story?” I asked, knowing the answer already.
To Bullock, there is not a short story. His stories are rarely linear. They’re like an audio presentation of that kid’s path from school to home in the Family Circus comic strip.")
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Reviews
"Cesar was outstanding. He worked with me through multiple iterations, took my feedback and gave me recommendations for finalizing a cover art that I am very, very happy with. "
vincedajani
reviewed 3 months ago
"Thank you so much."
César Pardo
responded 3 months ago
"Yet again, amazing work César I can't recommend you enough. THANK YOU"
tom.kuscV
reviewed 3 months ago
"THANKS MAN🙏"
César Pardo
responded 3 months ago
"Easy to work with, very very happy with the result!"
CrescentWV
reviewed 5 months ago
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César Pardo
responded 5 months ago
"Mr. Pardo did a great job helping me to realize my (somewhat vague) vision for this book, matching the style of book 1 perfectly, steering me away from a design idea that wouldn't have worked out well."
lumenreesE
reviewed 6 months ago
"Thank you so much, it's always a pleasure to work on your books.😌"
César Pardo
responded 6 months ago
"Cesar has designed the covers for all three of my books and I look forward to collaborating with him in the future."
Coachkling
reviewed 6 months ago
"Thanks, Karl. It's always a pleasure working with you.
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César Pardo
responded 6 months ago