Cover art for ICE AND FIRE by David Wingrove
The cover art for Ice and Fire , the fourth book in the revamped, twenty-volume Chung Kuo series, has appeared online . As with the first three books, the cover art is by Larry Rostant. And with the title (and a slightly different image; it is unclear which is the final version at the moment): The third volume in the series, The Middle Kingdom , is currently scheduled for release (after a slight delay) on 1 October 2012. Ice and Fire will follow on 1 December. The fifth book, The Art of War , has also been provisionally scheduled for 1 March 2013.