"A Shattering Truth" is the book 2 of the medieval fantasy trilogy, "The Shards of Rul" and is the sequel to the "King's Imitation", the book 1 of the trilogy. The below is how the client wanted the cover to look like;
"So, I want the same (as in "King's Imitation") sort of two color background ripped design. I think it would be awesome if the spines of the three books, lined up, look like a continuous pattern, meaning the rips of white and rips of color all line up, if that's not too hard.
The main focus this time is either a small hammer that seems to be made entirely of light/crystal light. And since there is a secondary item in the first book's title, a very old looking, thin book is a main part of this story as well."
I designed the book 1 as well so it was easier for me to take the same design style here as well. I had to come up with a concept design and create the main hammer for this cover.