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Joshua Banker Books is now on Instagram, because that's apparently where all the cool kids are at. (not that you guys on Facebook aren't cool (you totally are)).

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Available Now: The Fifth Era of Man

What happens when a desperate man, looking to save his own skin, foolishly stumbles upon a million-year-old mystery?

Author Joshua Banker releases third book.

Author Joshua Banker announces the release of his third full-length work, The Fifth Era of Man. Banker's first stand-alone novel is a speculative fiction adventure that blends in elements of science-fiction and noir to tell a story that examines the dangers of unearned achievements and the desperation that drives those who are prey to t...

Free to Read: The Fifth Era of Man Chapter 1

As I've done before with the Free To Read program, I've decided to offer a sneak peak into my latest story, The Fifth Era of Man. This time around, though, I've actually released a free chapter of my newest book in advance of its publishing date in March of 2018.

Feel free to have a read. Download links for PDF, ePub or MOBI are below.

You can also find Free to Read Chapters for my other books: Not Gods But Monsters and A Prison of Flesh.

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ePub

Kindle (.mobi)

Win a Digital Copy of BOTH BOOKS on Goodreads (Jan 19 - Feb 2, 2018)

Visit Goodreads.com from January 19th through February 2nd, 2018 to be able to enter in Giveaway Contests for one of 100 Kindle (MOBI) copies of both Not Gods But Monsters and A Prison of Flesh.

(Or click on the links below.)

As we did last year with the signed copies of Not Gods But Monsters, we're back with another giveaway hosted by the fine folks at Goodreads. This time around, though, we're finally able to do an electronic contest where the winners will have MOBIs of the books delivered to...

Coming Soon - The Fifth Era of Man to release March 2018

The Fifth Era of Man, the first standalone novel by author Joshua Banker (Not Gods But Monsters), will be available in trade paperback and eBook in March, 2018.

About The Fifth Era of Man

Career grifter and perennial loser Cal Reeger is a dead man. He owes a lot of money to crimelord Jaefor, and the only thing he owns are his pair of revolvers. Not even the jacket on his back belongs to him. To repay this debt, he must infiltrate the Archaeology Guild's site at Natx Hollow.

As Cal schemes to s...

The Art of APOF: Jehn and Hollistier

To complete the four-piece series of character illustrations for A Prison of Flesh, we have Jehn Brumal and Hollistier Thabies.

Part one of this set is here.

" 'So good you could make it. Hope the trip wasn’t too bad,' Zoe replied as the two women separated. Jehn shrugged. Zoe gave Jehn an examination before taking a step backwards. 'You’ve let it grow some,' Zoe noted as she pointed out Jehn’s hair, which now hung below her shoulders.

Jehn cast a quick glance to the reddish-brown locks on her l...

The Art of APOF: Corella and Brigant

Much like what was created for Not Gods But Monsters, I put together a series of character illustrations for a few of the major players in A Prison of Flesh. This time around, though, I did add an extra touch of color to set these apart from the original works (1, 2, 3).

"Even though she hadn’t seen him in months, Corella didn’t appear to have changed much. His dark skin was red along his cheeks and the bridge of his thick nose. A curly tangle of black hair now hung down to his shoulders and h...

Congratulations to the Winners of the NGBM Giveaway

The Not Gods But Monsters giveaway at Goodreads has come to a close and we have our winners. I won't list their names here (because I'm not covered by any legalese found in the Goodreads user agreement), but hopefully they've already contacted you to advise you of your windfall.

If not... well, this will be a nice surprise for you.

As you can see, we already have them packed up for shipping (picture on the right). They come with an exclusive bookmark, also signed by the author (who just goes...

Win a Signed Copy of Not Gods But Monsters on Goodreads (Nov 24 - Dec 08, 2017)

Visit Goodreads.com from November 24th through December 8th, 2017 to be able to enter in a Giveaway Contest for one of five signed copies of Not Gods But Monsters.

(Or click on the link below.)

I'd like to say that I've partnered with Goodreads to make this happen, but let's be honest--they already had this mechanism in place. They do this with a lot of books. If you like books, it would do you good to check them out. I'm just using it to make this giveaway possible.

Also, Goodreads will be open...

The Art of APOF: Various

While a lot of the ground work (both art-wise and as a part of world-building) was done for the series during the development of Book 1, I did manage to pull together a few concept sketches for A Prison of Flesh. This includes drawings for the boats and Corella's favorite figurehead.

"As they drew closer to the Cahimierha, the colorful illustrations that ornamented the ship became clearer. While the boat had no figurehead, its hull was decorated in various geometric patterns and shapes, colore...