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Sacred Band: Nisaba Press Acquires “Kirkus’s Best Indie Debuts, 2017” Series

Nisaba Press Acquires “Kirkus’s Best Indie Debuts, 2017” Series, Sacred Band

The alchemy between the characters’ chemistry, the story’s action, and the world’s pressing—and sometimes painful—similarities to our own make the book nearly impossible to put down.

An engaging story that punches, kicks, and takes flight, just like its heroes. – Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/joseph-d-carriker-jr/sacred-band2/)

Author Joseph Carriker’s LGBTQ+ superhero series has been acquired for 2020 rerelease by Nisaba Press. Originally published through Lethe Press, Sacred Band received much critical acclaim and named one of the “Best Indie Debuts” of 2017 by Kirkus Review, and received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly.

Sacred Band tells the story of a team of LGBTQ+ superpowered individuals set in a post-superheroic world. When no one in charge is taking the disappearance of queer and other marginalized folk from around the world seriously, this team bands together to do it themselves. They find themselves facing down official scrutiny even while racing against the sinister conspiracy that is steps ahead of them and closing in on their goal.

Sacred Band will be released with a new cover, and will be followed by its sequel, Terminal Venture, in 2021. After the very public revelation of the Band’s existence the year before, they’ve found themselves watched carefully, both by suspicious governments and by adoring fans. Struggling with both sides of this scrutiny, the team is about to discover the sinister means that have kept other superhero teams from forming in the past. Are they up to the challenge, and does anyone have their back?

“Nisaba’s dedication to exploring worlds that are not only full of adventure, but also very diverse, makes them an incredible fit for Sacred Band,” author Joseph Carriker said. “I’m very grateful for the faith Nisaba has expressed in Sacred Band, and look forward to working with them to bring these stories of a team of queer superheroes to readers.”

About the Author

Joseph Carriker has been playing roleplaying games for over thirty years now, and making them professionally for almost twenty. He has also written Shadowtide, a tie-in fiction novel set in the world of Green Ronin’s Blue Rose, which follows a band of adventurers rooting out the evil threatening their homeland. Joseph lives in Portland, Oregon with his poly constellation family, and likes to think he does his part in helping to Keep Portland Weird.

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About Nisaba

Nisaba Press is the fiction imprint of industry veteran Green Ronin Publishing. Founded to bring to life fiction set in the vibrant worlds of Green Ronin’s original and licensed IPs, Sacred Band is Nisaba’s debut into non-IP fiction. Current Nisaba titles include Shadowtide, Height of the Storm, Tales of the Lost Citadel, and the short fiction digital quarterly, Nisaba Journal.

Sacred Band Lethe Press edition cover. Right-click to download larger version. [Image Description: Stylized words SACRED BAND above two men, one in blue and silver skin-tight superhero suit, the other in red and black superhero suit with round lens, red glass welding goggles on forehead and spinning small, glowing red spheres around upraised left hand.]

Sacred Band Lethe Press edition cover. Right-click to download larger version. [Image Description: Stylized words SACRED BAND above two men, one in blue and silver skin-tight superhero suit, the other in red and black superhero suit with round lens, red glass welding goggles on forehead and spinning small, glowing red spheres around upraised left hand.]