Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It's time for #BeyondTheCover, where we show you the breathtaking art behind our gorgeous book covers!
Today we are showcasing the art of Sam R. Kennedy for The Ship Who Dared by @mercedeslackey & Veronica Giguere!
Sam R. Kennedy has years of experience doing a wide variety of art jobs in the game business and freelance illustration market. He particularly enjoys working in a variety of styles with different approaches. Some of his best work is photo realistic illustration. Sam uses the latest technologies to create bold, eye popping 3D images for video games. He is also strong in the area of drawing and painting things in a comic style. In his spare time you will find Sam drawing comics, children’s art, fantasy, and sci-fi art for freelance assignments.
The Ship Who Dared by Mercedes Lackey & Veronica Giguere
Hoping to upgrade their capabilities on a shoestring budget, Brainship Tia and her Brawn Alex accept a contract to test a prototype singularity drive from the military. There’s a catch, of course: the drive “might” occasionally commit a starship to “random” jumps. With some trepidation and the new drive installed, the pair resume their courier duties. The drive works flawlessly, at first. Just as they start to relax, the drive places them in orbit around a partially abandoned research site. Partially, because the corporation that set it up abandoned the researchers there. Brain and Brawn rescue the researchers, but what is the reward for a ship who saves an abandoned station? Well, if you’re working for the Central Worlds, it’s a long, dull, and not very profitable courier route. One that results in more—not less—crises and danger for our intrepid Brainship as the random jumps continue. Crises and danger that will only resolve when Tia and Alex discover the reason why all is not as it should be with their new singularity drive.
To see more of the artist’s work, go to: samrkennedy.artstation.com
To learn more, go to: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ship-Who-Dared/Mercedes-Lackey/Brainships/9781668073223
To get the ebook, go to: baen.com/the-ship-who-dared.html
#BaenBooks #NewRelease #BeyondTheCover #TheShipWhoDared
It's time for #BeyondTheCover, where we show you the breathtaking art behind our gorgeous book covers!
Today we are showcasing the art of Sam R. Kennedy for The Ship Who Dared by @mercedeslackey & Veronica Giguere!
Sam R. Kennedy has years of experience doing a wide variety of art jobs in the game business and freelance illustration market. He particularly enjoys working in a variety of styles with different approaches. Some of his best work is photo realistic illustration. Sam uses the latest technologies to create bold, eye popping 3D images for video games. He is also strong in the area of drawing and painting things in a comic style. In his spare time you will find Sam drawing comics, children’s art, fantasy, and sci-fi art for freelance assignments.
The Ship Who Dared by Mercedes Lackey & Veronica Giguere
Hoping to upgrade their capabilities on a shoestring budget, Brainship Tia and her Brawn Alex accept a contract to test a prototype singularity drive from the military. There’s a catch, of course: the drive “might” occasionally commit a starship to “random” jumps. With some trepidation and the new drive installed, the pair resume their courier duties. The drive works flawlessly, at first. Just as they start to relax, the drive places them in orbit around a partially abandoned research site. Partially, because the corporation that set it up abandoned the researchers there. Brain and Brawn rescue the researchers, but what is the reward for a ship who saves an abandoned station? Well, if you’re working for the Central Worlds, it’s a long, dull, and not very profitable courier route. One that results in more—not less—crises and danger for our intrepid Brainship as the random jumps continue. Crises and danger that will only resolve when Tia and Alex discover the reason why all is not as it should be with their new singularity drive.
To see more of the artist’s work, go to: samrkennedy.artstation.com
To learn more, go to: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ship-Who-Dared/Mercedes-Lackey/Brainships/9781668073223
To get the ebook, go to: baen.com/the-ship-who-dared.html
#BaenBooks #NewRelease #BeyondTheCover #TheShipWhoDared
