Two things:Actually according to chris mcgrath (the artist of the cover) Grimm is holding his hat in his hand but it's hard to see.
(1) Darn it! That darn Jim Butcher caught me again! Another series I'm going to have to follow and get involved with. Now I have to wait another (year? 2?) to see what happens next to people I have started to care about! Rowl, what happens to you? ;D
(2) I waited (patiently, sort of) until after I read the book to ask this. On the cover art, bottom left, there's something sparkly. I can't tell what it is. Anybody know what it is? I've stared and stared, and tried to interpret both before and after reading the whole thing, but I dunno! What's the sparkly thing bottom left?
We won't even get into the hat situation ....
((((Howl))))
He has a deal for 3 books, that could potentially extend to 6 or 9. So, worst case scenario: 3, best case: 9.