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Jacob Gamber

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in The United States

Website

https://www.jacobgamber.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

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Jacob Gamber grew up in Araluen, Alagaësia and Fablehaven, and spent the remainder of his childhood in rural Pennsylvania, telling stories to sheep. When the time came to embark on his own journey to a fantasy world, he botched it thoroughly several times and eventually got a full-time factory job. Presently, he lives in eastern Ohio with his wife and children. He enjoys music, role-playing games and puzzles, and is reportedly allergic to bad love triangles.

Jacob Gamber enjoys writing Fantasy and Science Fiction—usually erring on the side of Fantasy. As a Christian writer, he likes to uphold traditional values and biblical morality on the broad scale, but his stories are not allegorical and are mostly mainstream. He aims to challenge teen a ...more

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Average rating: 4.44 · 16 ratings · 12 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mani (The Mother Trilogy, #1) by Jacob Gamber (Goodreads Author), Ferdinand Ladera 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
	Gaea (The Mother Trilogy, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Luna (The Mother Trilogy, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Tales from the Earthen Sky 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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December 2025 Newsletter

Sent 12/31/2025

Happy New Year, readers!

General Updates

I’ll be quite honest, writing progress has yet again been a struggle. More overtime, and sickness . . . a lot of being sick for some reason. I’ve been doing a lot of reading, planning, video games, reading Winnie the Pooh and Llama Llama Red Pajama books with my little girl . . . stuff like that. Thus, I moved the release date of Luna to a tent

Jacob is Currently Reading

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Howling Dark (The Sun Eater, #2)

by Christopher Ruocchio (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, epic, sci-fi, space-opera

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Jan 12, 2026 01:09PM

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Zenith of Sorcery

by Domagoj Kurmaić

bookshelves: fantasy, progression, currently-reading, epic

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Jan 12, 2026 01:01PM

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Dragon Rider (Dragon Rider, #1)

by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, middle-grade, contemporary, fantasy

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Jacob Gamber wrote a new blog post November 2025 Newsletter Sent 12/04/2025Jacob Gamber here . . . It seems I’m behind on everything. Accordingly, I decided to bundle all the reviews that I was behind on from t Read more of this blog post »
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Jacob Gamber rated a book it was amazing Mother of Learning: ARC 4 by Domagoj Kurmaić	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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Jacob Gamber rated a book really liked it Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis	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 classic of Christian literature. We've been going through this all year in Sunday School, but I'm just now finishing it for myself as we wrap up. Definitely one of those books best read as a group, since a lot of chapters bring up interesting point ...more
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Jacob Gamber rated a book liked it Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1) by Christopher Ruocchio (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
This one sort of disappointed me. I'd heard such great things about the series that I'd built up a certain glossy image of it, and the reality didn't live up . . . yet. People like to bash it for its unoriginality, and I'm going to do the same—but fo ...more
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Jacob Gamber is currently reading Howling Dark (The Sun Eater, #2) by Christopher Ruocchio (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
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This one sort of disappointed me. I'd heard such great things about the series that I'd built up a certain glossy image of it, and the reality didn't live up . . . yet. People like to bash it for its unoriginality, and I'm going to do the same—but fo ...more
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Jacob Gamber started reading Zenith of Sorcery by Domagoj Kurmaić	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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Jacob Gamber entered a giveaway Forbidden Mountain (Guardians) by Brandon Mull (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
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