We Have Three Winners!

Personally, I'm amazed at the number of entries for the Sci Fi Brain Teaser Of Doom. I don't know that I could have completed the crossword myself, especially because it turned out that 56 Across had one less space available than it needed. You not only had to be fast to get into the top three slots with a correct solution, you also *really* had to be on your toes and scribble a handwritten note alongside 56 Across…

Foolishly, I forgot to add to my fine print that entrants need to reside within the United States, much less live somewhere in North America, so I'll be mailing one set of autographed books to Denmark for our third prize winner. Wow!

In order, the champions are:

Desmond Warzel of Pennsylvania

Gopa Sethuraman of Virginia

Lise Andreasen of the aforementioned, exotic land of Denmark

Congrats!

And in other news…

BBArt, my publisher in the Czech Republic, has released the cover art for their upcoming edition of Plague Zone. Their covers for Year and War top my list of favorites, and Zone has a strong, gritty look to complete the series. I also like it because this is the world's first glimpse of Cam Najarro… for who else would be silhouetted on the cover!?! The ultimate survivor has never been shown in the artwork for any edition in any country, and that shadowy, back-lit-against-the-fire Everyman has a powerful, relentless, capable appearance.

I'm told the tagline reads something like:

A fragile peace has been disrupted…

Is there hope left for mankind?

Nice job, guys!!!

My question for everyone is do you think Cam is walking into the fire or away from it? He's right-handed. But to my eyes, he looks as though he's moving into the chaos…