Pillar of Darkness now available

One of the novels the much-missed Dave Duncan wrote before he hied himself off to the great Unknown was Pillar of Darkness.  Two hundred miles wide and higher than the moon, Sungoback has stood over central Africa for thirty years, a pillar of light by night and of darkness by day. Science cannot explain it; it destroys technology. What secret lies at its centre: aliens, eternal life, distant past, or far future? Most who venture inside…

Jeff Minkevics discusses art

January 1, 2019, Dave Duncan’s latest SF novel, Pillar of Darkness, releases in print and eBook. Cover designer, Jeff Minkevics, took the time to discuss the concepts and vision behind this glorious, hot cover. Jeff says: The basic premise for this cover design was to do up an imagined moment that, while not explicitly described in the book, might have occurred at some point in the story. The theoretical scene involves Rita, our main character (described to…