This book is in the vein of The DaVinci Code, and I chose to create the design for it as something more than an average mass-market item.
Using the idea of the manuscript throughout the book allows the reader to become involved with the text in a way that a standard typesetting run would not accomplish. Starting with the cover, I had previously thought of commissioning a standard painting, or manipulating photo imagery, for the idea of the mass-market paperback look. Instead, the idea of the physical book, old and worn as a symbol for the secrets long hidden now being exposed, is slightly off-beat and unexpected, setting it apart from the mainstream.
