The TOWERS OF BABYLON

Cover for a novel by Michelle Kaeser.

Self-destructive and anxiety-ridden, the four central characters represent “a generation struggling—professionally, personally, and spiritually—to carve out their place in a civilization that may well be inching toward decline”.
—Excerpt from back cover copy, Freehand Books

The four typefaces in the title each represent one of the four sections of this novel, each told in the distinct voice of its respective character. The varied typefaces throughout the cover also act as a metaphor symbolizing the confusion of the world’s language in the Tower of Babel origin myth.

Printed on uncoated cover stock in a gold and black duotone, the subtle metallic shine of the gold ink on the uncoated paper hints at the tarnished opulence of a once “great” civilization.

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