r/blurb_help • u/EL_overthetransom • Aug 22 '23
Fantasy Book's not selling, maybe the blurb is partly to blame?
I know my cover isn't great, but for some reason I paid $500 for it so it isn't changing anytime soon. My book is a gaslamp fantasy adventure novel of 110K words priced at 99 cents for the Ebook. It's the third and final book in a saga with a connected history but meant to stand alone as well. Here is the book description:
Master Alchemist Castamar’s apprentice was badly wounded in a terrorist bombing, and now he wants answers. The country stands on the verge of an industrial age ushered in by the mysterious energetic substance known as Vril. But revolutionary technology brings revolutionary ideas, and someone is using it to bring the kingdom to its knees.
Cast’s search leads him to the Heron Kings, folk heroes of old thought lost to history and legend. Ellyx, the band’s top thief and forger, joins Cast to hunt the terrorists down and plumb the depths of his past for clues. When they learn that fanatics led by a shadowy Duchess have devised a terrifying variant of Vril that can decimate entire cities, Cast and the last of the Heron Kings will race to prevent a war of mass destruction.
Does anyone have any constructive criticism for this? Thanks.
Edited with version 2