And a huge round of applause goes to...

...Penguin Firebird, for scrapping the atrocious cover art from the hardback of Alison Goodman's Eon.  (Which is fabulous, by the way, and you should get around to reading it if you haven't yet.)

The paperback is a bazillion times more attractive, and will look like this:

 

Now that we have a pretty new cover for the first book, we just have to wait patiently for the sequel.

Why, yes, I am drumming my fingers.  Sorry, I didn't think you'd be able to hear it all the way over there...