The FASA book lines at ROC are in a tough position. They were acquired under one editor, who subsequently left. His assistant was promoted to take his place, and he left. His assistant was promoted to take his place and she left. A new editor was hired and handed a publishing schedule that included these novels.
Editors like to craft their line, have the work they publish reflect their taste.
We started with great covers. I have two Boris covers, for heaven sake, then we have very cartoony covers for the Kerensky reprints and the cover of Malicious Intent is enough to gag a maggot. On Grave Covenant , in the catalog ROC used to solicit stores to buy they book, the cover they have shown there even misspells my name. Funny you should ask that question. A courtesy call from ROC's editor explained to me that they had a problem with the reprint books.