CITY OF ALL SEASONS
by Oliver Langmead AND ALIYA WHITELEY
published by TITAN BOOKJS, 29 Apr 2025
Welcome to Jamie Pike's Fairharbour – a city stuck in perpetual winter, its windows and doorways bricked shut to keep out the freezing cold, its residents striving to survive in the arctic conditions.
Welcome to Esther Pike's Fairharbour – a city stuck in constant summer, its walls crumbling in the heat, its oppressive sunlight a relentless presence.
Winter and Summer alike, have both fallen under the yoke of oppressive powers, that have taken control after the cataclysm.
But both Fairharbours were once a single, united city. And in certain places, at certain times, one side can catch a glimpse of the other. As Jamie and Esther find a way to communicate across the divide, they set out to solve the mystery of what split their city in two, and what, if anything, might repair their fractured worlds.
These three interior illustrations were created and designed as visual representations of invented tarot cards described within the novel. The esoteric symbolism of the images is unveiled as the story unfolds.
Below these are the chapter header designs. These visually demonstrate the switching between the two narrators. These begin in the early chapters as and distinct designs, but as the story develops and the characters become closer together, the designs evolve; graduating into a single design.
