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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 · 12,530 ratings · 812 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Second Chance Swordsman, Book 1 (Second Chance Swordsman, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,052 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 — 1,689 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 — 1,651 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) 4.33 avg rating — 1,066 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 3 (Tower Climber, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 867 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 — 856 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 4 (Tower Climber, #4) 4.42 avg rating — 724 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) 4.04 avg rating — 777 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 4.54 avg rating — 500 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 — 531 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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Arcane Kingdom Online (7 books)
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Second Chance Swordsman (5 books)
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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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Jakob Tanner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Edit Book: Second Chance Swordsman 4 topic " Hello, 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). ...more "
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Jakob Tanner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Add Book: Second Chance Swordsman 3, Book 3 topic " Thank you :) "
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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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