I’m very excited to announced that Leda’s Log, the bonus book I’m writing in the Legion of Angels series, now has a cover. And here it is!
Pretty, right? 🥰
Leda’s Log is the fun side book I started writing earlier this year. I’m posting it chapter by chapter right now on my website. Later this year, it will get the full Legion of Angels treatment, including ebook and print versions. I’ll also do an Author’s Reading audiobook.
The book cover brings even closer to these goals.
Today I posted the 13th chapter. Don’t worry, it’s not unlucky. 😉
I’ve also updated the Leda’s Log page on my website with the new cover.
Here’s the extended art which will be used to create the print verions. I think it really reflects Leda’s sense of chaos. And check out that smirk!
In related news, I’m pleased to reveal the title and cover of the 12th book in the Legion of Angels series. The title is Gods’ Battleground, and here’s the cover.
Leda definitely looks more serious here, and she will have serious problems to work through in the book. But, as always, she tackles the big problems with a sense of humor.
I’ve also added the Gods’ Battleground page to my website. It’s basically just the cover and title at this point, but I’ll post the blurb (book description) as soon as I write it.
I’m hoping the book will be ready this summer.
And now some BIG Legion of Angels news.
Nowadays, one of my most frequently asked questions is regarding the paperbacks for the last few Legion of Angels books.
And here’s the answer. I’m working on them, and it’s going to be so much bigger than just paperbacks! With the series soon coming to a close, I’ve decided to do Special Edition print versions for the main 12 books PLUS Leda’s Log PLUS the Wicked Witchcraft anthology. That’s 14 books in all!
I’m still working out the specifics, but I’m hoping for special paperbacks AND hardcovers with ribbons, foil details, sprayed edges, new interior art…basically all the pretty stuff! Maybe I’ll even be able to add some new stories and content.
ETA: I totally missed this when I first wrote the post, but I’d also like to offer signed paperbacks and hardcovers since I’ve had requests for that too.
I’d also love to have a printed box around the whole set, but that’s dependent on whether the printing company can make something large enough for 14 books.
At the same time, I will also make the missing standard paperbacks.
This is a pretty big project, so I’ll be running a Kickstarter for the special print editions later this year, likely around October. I still need to work out all the costs and logistics with the artists, suppliers, and so on. I’ll post updates here on my blog and to my newsletter.
I’m very exicted about this, and I hope you are too. As always, I’m very grateful to my amazing, supportive fans for your words of encouragement and kindness, and I hope you will follow me along this journey to give Leda and the gang the full luxury treatment.
To help me plan, I’d really appreciate if you let me know in the comments below or through my contact form, which scenes and/or characters from the Legion of Angels series that you really want to see in the new interior art. These special editions are for you (ok, and for me too because I love pretty things!), so I want you to have a say in what goes in them.
Leda, Leda + Nero, Leda + Nero + their daughter and Leda’s cat.
I’m giggling just thinking about explaining Angel the cat to the artist: “She looks like a normal house cat, except as large as a lion”. 😉
Sooooo excited about collectors series hardbacks!!! Don’t often buy books as I’m a kindle fan but this series is so good going to have to have them on my new bookcase!!
Hardbacks open up so many fun options like ribbons and stitching and end papers for art. So exciting!
Omg both cover are amazing!!! And Kickstarter project will be huge, please do it International and for the cost maybe and I don’t know if you can like split the payment or maybe do like several Kickstarter where you cover all the series, like first Kickstarter book 1 until book 4. So excited for everything.
I’d offer the Kickstarter internationally, of course. I have so many readers all over the world, and I don’t want anyone who wants to participate to feel excluded. Shipping will just be more expensive to some locations.
I totally get that one big box of 14 books wouldn’t be the best choice for everyone. That would be the mega massive set option.
I’m still working out the details, but I’d like to offer options for people to order just one or more books individually, if that’s what they want. I’d also like to offer a choice of paperbacks or hardcovers or even ebooks. The new interior artwork could also go in the ebooks or be offered as postcards. And I believe the shiny foil on the covers also works for paperbacks. So there are many ways to spruce up the new editions in all formats.
Most of all, I just want people to have choices. We’re all different, have different needs, different budgets. I’d like to have something special for everyone, no matter what format or how many books they’d like. 🙂
Totally get it and I can’t wait!!! Question… book 12 will the final book of Legion of Angels or still few mores?
At this point, it looks like Book 12 will be the last book in the Legion of Angels series. Leda’s Log is allowing me to explore some other stories. I do have various series planned in the same story universe, including with Sierra, so you definitely haven’t heard the last of Leda.
But you know, sometimes we authors change our minds and write extra books with beloved characters or even spinoff series. 😉 We’ll see.
Yes write so many spinoff and novellas in this world!!!
I love this because I have my favorites
So excited for all this!! Specially the box set!
If you’re making more short stories, I would definitely like to read more of Leda and Nero, but also some more of Jace and Arina, specially Arinas story!
Also I would love to see what Nero, Damiel and Ronan look like! I’d love to see the training for the different elemental magic scenes, the one where Leda had to beat Jace’s time when she was struggling in Dragon’s Storm. Also Leda walking down the aisle at her and Nero’s wedding, specially her wedding dress.
Haha sorry got a little carried away, but honestly I’d be happy with anything really! Love all your stuff! Thanks for writing these amazing stories!
I am actually planning a series featuring Arina. Maybe I’ll write a short story with her first. We’ll see.
And thanks for all your ideas for the art!
Will this be available as a kindle book, too? I have the entire Legion of Angels collection on my kindle, and would love to add Lesia’s Log to my digital library.
Leda’s Log will be available as an ebook, just like all my books. 🙂
How much is the collectors’ edition going to be? I’m gonna need a date and a rough cost ASAP, I have something to look forward to. I have enjoyed following Leda and reading that it’s almost over breaks my heart. I can’t wait and thank you so much Ella for this amazing work.
I’m still trying to get everything figured out, but my guess (and hope) is this will happen around October.
As for cost, I don’t know yet. The printing company is only introducing some of the extras I’d like to see in the special edition (sprayed edges, box for the books) in May/June (supposedly), so they aren’t part of the estimate tool yet.
As soon as I have more info, I’ll let everyone know.
Also, as an interior art design idea, you could do something with Ivy, Drake and Leda facing off against the Brats in Vampires Kiss and then adding Jace next to Leda, Drake, Ivy, Alex and Bastini in Siren’s song or Dragon’s Storm and then like in another book, I think it’s Angels Flight of everyone sitting around the table at Jaces’ office after the mission. I have so many ideas coming to me. I can’t wait
Thanks for all the ideas, Isabella! It helps a lot!
So excited for a hardcover set! Heck yes to foil details under the dust jackets, sprayed edges, and character art endpapers! Would also be kind of cool if the spines lined up to make an image!
Yes! I’m definitely looking into the idea of the spines making an image. It really appeals to my OCD. 😉
I have a whole folder full of inspiration images for the spines. I just need to decide how I want it to look.
Leda punching the door from Book one. That was a defining moment about her character. Everyone sitting at the table playing Legion when she was paired with Jace’s dad.
Great ideas!