Space Adventure Book Cover - (Science Fiction / Fantasy)

Joel Abbott - joelabbott.net

I'm an independent author who writes fiction, primarily science
fiction/fantasy and political thrillers. For more, check out my
website at joelabbott.net

I'm looking for a cover for my upcoming book, "Legend: The Life and
Adventures of Marcus Theathos." This book is a science fiction
thriller (book 1 of 3), set approximately 2,000 years in the future,
and focuses on an adventure to stop those plotting for interstellar
war between the Republic of Earth and the Cetian Kingdom - a former
human colony that has rebelled and established its own nation across
multiple worlds.

Here are the elements I'm looking for:

1) A man in an armored space suit floating over an icy planet. He is
in the middle of ship wreckage from a battle in orbit. He is the hero
of the book, but I don't mind if he's small compared to the battle
around him. There are several concept pictures from other
artwork attached.

2) I'd like to show the vastness and beauty of the Milky Way while
also showing the horrors of war through the space battle. The man is
centered in the middle of all this.

3) A dark warrior in a black cloak, with a black crown and a golden
mask (designed like a Roman or Venetian mask). I'd like to have him
staring down at the planet. He is the villain of the book. Several
pictures are attached to give ideas for what I'm visualizing.

This is an adventure story set in space. I want it to capture the
imagination and invoke a sense of courageous struggle and fear as
well. The book has a wide range of emotions, from anger and
bitterness, to love and awe, to fear and dread, to honor and courage.
It is a book where faith and hope are raging in a bitter duel with
death, hatred, and prejudice.

I'm open to any style of design: I've included a picture of my own
cover art along with a few other artists' designs that I found here
and there online. The rights to these designs belong to their
respective authors.