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Jakob Tanner

Goodreads Author

Born

in Toronto, Canada

Website

http://www.jakobtanner.com/

Twitter

jakobtanner

Genre

Fantasy, Ebooks, Fiction

Influences

Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, Robin Hobb, William Gibson

Member Since

July 2013

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Jakob Tanner is the author of three LitRPG series: Arcane Kingdom Online, Tower Climber, and Second Chance Swordsman. His books were inspired by the Final Fantasy video game series, Dungeons and Dragons, and all the MMORPGs that have taken over his life at one point or another.

He likes playing board games, binging anime, and eating yummy food. To keep up to date with his shenanigans (as well as the status of his next book) consider signing up to his mailing list here:
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Beyond that, Jakob can be found at all the usual places:

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Facebook (Author Page): @jakobtannerwriter

Twitter: @jakobtanner

Website: www.jakobtanner.com
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Jakob Tanner’s books

Average rating: 4.17 · 13,169 ratings · 856 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Second Chance Swordsman, Book 1 (Second Chance Swordsman, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 2,190 ratings — 3 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
	Tower Climber (Tower Climber, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,726 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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 Chosen (Arcane Kingdom Online, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 1,668 ratings — 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
	Tower Climber 2 (Tower Climber, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	Second Chance Swordsman, Book 2 (Second Chance Swordsman, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 919 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
	Tower Climber 3 (Tower Climber, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	Tower Climber 4 (Tower Climber, #4) 4.42 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	Dark Magic (Arcane Kingdom Online, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 787 ratings — 5 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
	Second Chance Swordsman 3 4.53 avg rating — 551 ratings — 3 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
	Tower Climber 5 (Tower Climber, #5) 4.25 avg rating — 544 ratings — 3 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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Series by Jakob Tanner

Tower Climber (5 books)
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Second Chance Swordsman (6 books)
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Arcane Kingdom Online (7 books)
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Jakob Tanner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please Add: Apocalypse Slayer topic " Hello, I'd love my newest book, Apocalypse Slayer, to be added to goodreads and linked to my author profile. The ASIN is B0H3CFCLGR The link to the book ...more "
Jun 01, 2026 09:33AM
Jakob Tanner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Can my 6th book be added to it's series page please? topic " Hi, My newest book Second Chance Swordsman 6 isn't featured on the books' series page. Could it please be added? Second Chance Swordsman 6: https://www. ...more "
Oct 30, 2025 09:25AM
Jakob Tanner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please Add: Second Chance Swordsman 6 topic " Hello, I'd like my book Second Chance Swordsman 6 to be added to goodreads and connected to my author profile (there's more than one author with my nam ...more "
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Jakob Tanner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — My Book Is In The Wrong Author Page topic " Hello Goodreads Librarians, My book, Second Chance Swordsman 5, has been placed under the wrong author profile with another author who shares the same ...more "
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Jakob Tanner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Edit Book: Second Chance Swordsman 4 topic " My newest book, Second Chance Swordsman 4, has been added to goodreads but assigned to the wrong author (same name as me, but different person). Here's ...more "
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“peace is something that needs to be protected. The deep irony is that peace cannot be protected by peace.”
― Jakob Tanner, Second Chance Swordsman, Book 1

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“Max diligently did three hundred push-ups and sit-ups each, then ran up and down the coastline.”
― Jakob Tanner, Tower Climber

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“You have to try this new recipe! It’s called bacon and egg ramen! It’s delicious!”
― Jakob Tanner, Second Chance Swordsman, Book 1

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