Gunpowder God

Commissioned book cover, in 2011, from the book by John F. Carr, published by Pequod Press.

This is the continuing series of "Kalvan Kingmaker", a 20th century cop from Pennsylvania named Kalvan, who is swept away by a UFO, and transported into a timeline, where America was the center of the renaissance, in 1500 AD (alternate history)

Here the enemies of King Kalvan are gathered at the temple, where a golden idol, "speaks" to the people, to exhort them to war...A drone from the Paratime Police watches this timeline, from the upper left.