428-great-sky-river-mantis-dixon – The Mantis is a mechanical "anthology intelligence" who pursues the last survivors of the human race in Greg Benford's Galactic Center series of novels. A large, biomechanical entity with bulbous, segmented eyes and a blue metallic chassis dominates the foreground of a dark, rocky environment. On a jagged, deep purple crag in the mid-ground, two small human silhouettes stand observing the machine. The background reveals a brilliant, turbulent galactic core rich with golden dust clouds and clusters of bright blue stars.This was an unused cover sketch for Great Sky River. Digital, © 2005 by Don Dixon.
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