Hey, if it makes the copies fly off of the shelves (and, regardless of cover art, I'll be picking it up the day it's available), then that's all good. I just hope that it doesn't end up causing you bad reviews because of misrepresentation--because, gods know, people get vehement when they pick up a book that looks like it'll be full of Hot Vampire Action and find something of actual literary merit between the lurid covers. But, ultimately, that's nothing you have any control over anyway.

Angel of Death in the hizzy, yo. Have you ever read Wayne Barlowe's God's Demon (http://www.godsdemon.com). A novel of absolutely extraordinary imagery and craft, based on his incredible "Inferno" (http://www.waynebarlowe.com/barlowe_pages/index_inferno.htm) paintings. The Angel of Death is the closest I believe we'll ever come to seeing one of the characters from God's Demon made real.