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J. Zachary Pike

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Maine, The United States

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Fantasy, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction

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March 2014

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J. Zachary Pike was once a basement-dwelling fantasy gamer, but over time he metamorphosed into a basement-dwelling fantasy writer. By day Zack is a web professional and creative-for-hire, but at night he returns to his lair to create books, films, and illustrations that meld fantasy elements with offbeat humor. A New Englander by birth and by temperament, Zack writes strangely funny fiction on the seacoast of New Hampshire.

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Average rating: 4.3 · 20,811 ratings · 2,440 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Orconomics (The Dark Profit Saga, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 11,091 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 5,537 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragonfired (The Dark Profit Saga, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 2,690 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crypt Currency: a Lesson in Orconomics (The Dark Profit Saga #4) 4.29 avg rating — 342 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death and Taxes 3.85 avg rating — 358 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cabal of Thotash 3.91 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Song of Three Spirits by J. Zachary Pike (Goodreads Author), Tayla Olandim 4.13 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Son of a Liche: Bonus Epilogue (The Dark Profit Saga #2.1) 4.33 avg rating — 58 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gods of Arth 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ebook Machine: Using Automation to Publish and Maintain Your Ebooks liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Audiophiles Rejoice!

Dragonfired released in ebook format last summer, heralding much rejoicing and many enthusiastic reviews. But something, as many of you have pointed out, was missing. Something worth listening to. Something… audible, perhaps?

Well, not for long.

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve partnered with Audible Studios to publish the audiobooks The Dark Profit Saga. We reached an agreement last year, but I’

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Hero in a Halfling (Epik Fantasy #1)

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Ghost Electricity (The Hawthorn Chronicles, #1)

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J. Pike rated a book it was amazing West of the World (The Chronicles of Jerebad Madder #1) by Mike Shel (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I didn't think Old-West inspired fantasy was for me. Then again, before Mike Shel's phenomenal Iconoclasts series, I didn't think Grimdark fantasy was for me either. Filled with gut punching twists and spiced with a couple of fist pumping moments, Sh ...more
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“There is not always a light at the end of the tunnel. That is why you must carry a torch.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

tags: fantasy-fiction, humor-fantasy, humor-inspirational, inspirational, inspirational-quotes

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“It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. In the same vein, desperation is the father of compromise, panic is the sister of slapdash improvisation, and despair is the second cousin of quiet apathy. By that reckoning, dinner was a dismal family reunion.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

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“Truly, nothing is better than to crush your competition, to drive down their profit margins, to hear the lamentations of their sales representatives.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

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“The exact ratio of irony to matter in the universe is known as Nove’s Constant, and by definition it’s more than you’d expect.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

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“There is not always a light at the end of the tunnel. That is why you must carry a torch.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

tags: fantasy-fiction, humor-fantasy, humor-inspirational, inspirational, inspirational-quotes

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“Truly, nothing is better than to crush your competition, to drive down their profit margins, to hear the lamentations of their sales representatives.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

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