The Friday Face-Off is a meme originally created by Books by Proxy and now hosted over at Lynn’s Books. The idea is to compare the different covers of a book with each week being a certain theme.

This week’s theme is a cover featuring a fantasy beast: “The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow!”

I’ve picked Shadow of the Minotaur by Alan Gibbons.

Cover A:

Cover B:

Cover C:

Cover D:

Cover E:

And the winner is… COVER C!

This one was a simple pick for me. I love the design, the ancient Greek style to the cover. Simple but effective.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with my winner, or does one of the others work better for you? Let me know in the comments!

Next week’s theme is a cover that features magical things: “Bibbity, Bobbity, Boo!”