Books
Dragon Island
SOME MONSTERS ARE REAL—AND SOME SECRETS ARE DEADLY
FINALIST, 2025 BestThrillers.com Book Awards
“An adventure tale that's witty, suspenseful, and full of heart ... [a] Jurassic Park-flavored romp.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“Manas delivers a brisk, cinematic science thriller in Dragon Island, fusing paleontology, military secrecy, and creature-driven suspense into an adventure that moves with blockbuster efficiency.”
– Booklife Reviews
“Epic, intelligent and cinematic... a worthy addition to the canon of great monster thrillers.”
– BestThrillers.com
In Dragon Island, a paleontologist and her scientist ex-boyfriend must investigate why the U.S. military is covering up an alleged dragon attack on a small island before an overzealous general silences them for good.
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The Mirror Man
HE COULD SEE EVERYONE’S PAST BUT HIS OWN
WINNER: BestThrillers.com Book Awards: Best Sci-Fi Thriller of 2022
“A stylish and engaging crime tale.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“An epic supernatural spy thriller that may be the first entry in a blockbuster franchise.”
– BestThrillers.com
“Brace yourself for a riveting ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”
– The Booklife Prize
In this Hitchcockian, international thriller from J.B. Manas, a reclusive writer with the power to read memories is forced by a mysterious stranger to steal government secrets.
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The One
BE CAREFUL WHO YOU FOLLOW
(Co-Authored with Edward Miller)
When a malevolent alien posing as the Messiah plans a false rapture to abduct millions, a downtrodden former pastor is approached by a mysterious child to help save the world.
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Atticus
WITHIN ONE MAN’S PAST LIES THE WHOLE WORLD’S FUTURE
On the run with a stranger who’s displaying increasingly shocking abilities and may be friend or foe, rookie female cop Marti Coldwater is thrown into a world of highly classified government programs and astonishing alien secrets, including one that now threatens humanity itself.
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The Kronos Interference
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SAVE THE WORLD?
The Kronos Interference is an adventurous, mind-bending, time travel sci-fi thriller from Edward Miller and J.B. Manas. The book received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews, who named it to their Best of 2012, calling it “impressively original” and a “tour de force.”
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