Marking her first novel since the "Harry Potter" series, the cover to JK Rowling's latest literary work "The Casual Vacancy" has just been released by publisher Little, Brown and Company.

Delving into adult fiction, the 46-year-old British novelist seems to be shying away from wizards and wands, although the simple cover marked with a checked ballot against a red background doesn't provide as much of a visual appeal as the covers of her boy wizard-based books.

The 512 page tome is described as "a big novel about a small town," where Rolling writes about a parish council election in a small English town called Pagford which faces "the biggest war" after a seat on council becomes vacant.

"The Casual Vacancy" is set to hit bookstores on September 27th and the audio editi