Sookie Book 12 Cover Art Revealed

[easyazon-link asin=”1937007448″]Deadlocked[/easyazon-link], book 12 in the Sookie Stackhouse series, isn’t due until May 1, 2012, but Wicked Scribes tracked down the cover today and shared it with the Interwebz. It’s another illustration by Lisa Desimini, who’s created the covers for all of the books so far, and holds some potential clues to the plot.

We see the Cluviel d’Or open and shining a light upward as Sookie floats (?) holding a letter in her hand. A solitary house is below her, surrounded by howling (were?)wolves and bats (to signify vampires?) fly away from the light. This would seem to imply that the werewolves play a significant role in [easyazon-link asin=”1937007448″]Deadlocked[/easyazon-link] with the vampires, what, being more symbolically present? Or perhaps Sookie is separating herself from the vampires? At the very least, it looks like she’ll be using the Cluviel d’Or in this book.

What do you think of the new cover? Got any guesses about what’s going on?