"Freaked" is the story of a teen boarding school student named Scotty Douglas Loveletter. In addition to being the son of America's most famous sex self-help therapist, Scotty jams on drugs and the Grateful Dead. In big trouble, but determined to get to the band’s next show to see his idol Jerry Garcia, he leaves his prep school, packs up his cash, sheets of acid & a handgun to hit the road in order to gain a real perspective on life & find himself through music.

For this book cover, we went for a graphic, high energy type-led illustration created using photographic exploding powder shattering our title - with a wild burst of colour brightening its core.