What happens to a pragmatic mercenary when he is forced to face the truly bizarre for the sake of something greater than a simple payday?
Greenville, NC author Joshua Banker releases a new stand-alone fantasy book.
Author Joshua Banker announces the release of his fifth full-length work, The Long and Dark. Banker's second stand-alone novel is a dark fantasy adventure that blends in elements of science-fiction and horror to tell a story about a man so determined to save his family from an imminent death that he finds himself traveling to a strange land.
A simple sellsword, Gareth is a man of action who follows orders from anyone willing to pay his fee. His wife and daughter have the plague and, unable to idly sit by and watch them die, he leaves home to track down a cure. Unfortunately, he learns there is no hope in sight.
During his desperate search, Gareth keeps hearing stories of Dineothan and its capital, Upelstbohr. Some sources promise a metropolis populated by the greatest minds in the world. Others tell of a cursed isle, cut off from the outside world by a wall of mist that surrounds the island nation. With no other options before him, Gareth journeys to this fog-shrouded land.
Little does he know that his quest will take him beyond the known world on a mission unlike any other he’s undertaken. Reckless and driven, Gareth continues his damned journey even when he learns that time itself is against him.
In The Long and Dark, Banker sought to show the reader this strange and horrifying world solely through the eyes of its protagonist, a man who has never once faced such sights throughout his years. “By focusing on telling the story from Gareth’s perspective, I could reveal the oddities of Dineothan to the reader with a narrator who could share in their horror.”
About the Author
Author of Not Gods But Monsters and The Fifth Era of Man, Joshua Banker was born in Greece in 1973. He grew up in the San Francisco area before moving to Chattanooga where he attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and received a BFA in Graphic Design. After moving to Charlotte, NC, he ran an independent entertainment review website from 1999-2006. Now living in Greenville, NC, Josh is a writer, painter and illustrator, loves all things H.P. Lovecraft, is married and has two cats and a dog.
Publication Details
October 29, 2019
Trade Paperback ISBN 0578559358 - Amazon $9.99 USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578559358/
Kindle eBook $2.99 USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y5P82W4/
