Joel Jenkins working on fourth novel in his Dire Planet pulp SF series

Pulp science fiction author Joel Jenkins recently revealed on his blog that he is entrenched in writing Lost Tribes of the Dire Planet, the fourth novel in his Dire Planet series. Inspired by legendary authors Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard, this sword & planet collection chronicles hero Garvey Dire and his swashbuckling adventures on the planet Mars.

Pictured: Dire Planet (2005), the first novel in the series.