A bearded man holding up a worn and stained copy of the Magic The Gathering novel "Arena". The cover features a man turning away in pain while another man casts a fireball. A number of skeletons stand menacingly in the background and a bold "special offer" starburst obscures the art.
Another for the #ReadLog
I read this one before, but back in 1994, when it was first published.
It's odd what I remembered vividly and what I had completely misremembered.
Garth just eating the "exotic" pomegranates like apples is a good summary of the level of research required of 90s authors.