Hi Andrew. I'm all for simplicity in covers and so I would favor the rune-less version. I think it would help to see the first cover and that would give an idea of what the branding effect might be. As it stands, though, when I see just the cover I'm thinking more non-fiction than fiction. I think it's the black and white that does it. Like it could be a treatise by Nietzsche or something.
And I don't even know what runes are, so I'm assuming your readership will know and recognize those symbols.
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