I would ditch that text completely. The font just doesn't sit well, and you want to avoid text effects as much as possible. Obviously, I don't know your skillset well enough, but I would blow the image up until all you have on the cover is the muscle definition of the model's back. At the very least until that is the only element on the page, the top half of the image is redundant. That way you have a more interesting canvas to work on, with greater definition of colour, i.e. not a mess of different colours, and then won't need to use drop shadows etc to make the text stand out.
From there, I would use a thick, heavy, sans-serif in white and place it centrally on the page. This should stand distinct from the image, and any areas that don't will be incremental and not matter so much. Your name can then be placed wherever you like horizontally - top or bottom - in the same typeface, though you can use a different weight with little issue. That way you create a more defined separation of image and text than what you have and make the title - in this case the most interesting bit - the centre piece of the cover.