In July, it occurred to me that I published my first book in 2012. And I had come out with quite a few things since then.
And since then, I've come out with even more.
Yikes.
It's gotten to the point where I need a chart for me to keep track of.
And we start with...
If this looks strangely unfamiliar to you, it's because Dawn Witzke redid the cover....
Because she really wanted the last one to go.
If you don't recall, It was Only on Stun! introduces the professional security specialist Sean A.P. Ryan being dumped head first into an SFF convention, and he is hip deep in nerds, genocidal madmen, terrorists, IRA gunmen, and a cartel that has a grudge with him.
So it acts as a nice prologue to ....
Then there was Pius History and Pius Tales -- basically, the footnotes and the short stories. These were also pulled from the shelves in order to be rereleased by a publisher. But I ended up with 5 books of The Pius Trilogy. Because I'm apparently doing the Dune "trilogy" of a dozen novels.
![Pius History: The Facts Behind the Pius Trilogy by [Finn, Declan]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wCvaizQ9L.jpg)
![Pius Tales (The Pius Trilogy Book 4) by [Finn, Declan]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51UrqtRODfL.jpg)
If you're new here, The Pius Trilogy is my answer to every Smrt Story who thinks they can jam history into a thriller so they can spread whatever Orwellian rewrite of history they like among the populous. In this case, there's a secret about the Catholic church that people are willing to kill to cover up. The only question is: who do you trust?
Then, in a post-Pius universe...
This is the return of Sean AP Ryan, after he appears in Pius, and it's more of a postscript to Pius than it is a sequel to Stun! This time, Sean ends up in the political end of the SFF spectrum, hip deep in lunatics, armed authors, all set in the city of Atlanta for WyvernCon.
No relation to DragonCon, which takes place in Atlanta.
And this is the companion piece. Sort of.
Long long story. It's insane comedy. If you don't know what the title references, you're probably better off without trying this one.
And with mustn't forget my solution to dystopias ... with gun fire.
This one is particularly interesting, because it's nothing like anything I've ever written. In fact, it's unlike anything I've ever read. I don't like dystopia. I think they're boring, filled with the exact same cliche.
Winterborn and UnSub -- the Dragon Award nominated work -- are set in a San Francisco that ... sadly, looks much like San Francisco of today, only a little worse. Add a spy of unstable temperament, a flaky assassin, and an unstoppable serial killer, and a collection of mercenaries who are increasingly enamored of the almighty dollar.
And, of course, the series everyone likes....
Take everything from Dracula about vampires.
Add philosophy and microbiology to explain how vampires work.
Add faith, redemption, a love story, Vatican ninjas, and lots of gunfire.
Shake well.
This was both yanked and rereleased in 2018.
My first Dragon Award nominated work. For best horror, as it says on the cover.
Kick ass vampire.
A romance that works.
Three-dimensional characters, even among the side characters.
And then there's Vatican ninjas.
Obviously, the sequel to Honor at Stake.
Take everything from book one... add in a demon that just won't die.
Book three of the vampire series.
And the 2017 Dragon Award Nominee for best horror.
Then there's book 4.
The epic conclusion to the Dragon Award nominated series!
And I don't think the reviews get much better than this one.
And, of course, we can't forget the short that appeared here.
And we can't forget the other anthologies
Or
Don't let the title or cover fool you. This is straight up strange. It's not propaganda, since we have essays, and some stories with a simple moral of "Let's calm down here, shall we?"
And then...
Then there's all the Superversive stuff.
And then, coming up in 2019, the fun continues.
Somewhere along the way, The Moon Anthology will happen sooner or later.
Also, there's a trilogy of murder mysteries that I may up self publishing, if I have the whim.
For the quick breakdown. That's...
And since then, I've come out with even more.
Yikes.
It's gotten to the point where I need a chart for me to keep track of.
And we start with...
If this looks strangely unfamiliar to you, it's because Dawn Witzke redid the cover....
Because she really wanted the last one to go.
If you don't recall, It was Only on Stun! introduces the professional security specialist Sean A.P. Ryan being dumped head first into an SFF convention, and he is hip deep in nerds, genocidal madmen, terrorists, IRA gunmen, and a cartel that has a grudge with him.
So it acts as a nice prologue to ....
Then I did A Pius Legacy, then A Pius Stand.
Because nothing says "epic" like kidnapping the Pope, leading a jail break, and declaring war on the Vatican.
Then there was Pius History and Pius Tales -- basically, the footnotes and the short stories. These were also pulled from the shelves in order to be rereleased by a publisher. But I ended up with 5 books of The Pius Trilogy. Because I'm apparently doing the Dune "trilogy" of a dozen novels.
If you're new here, The Pius Trilogy is my answer to every Smrt Story who thinks they can jam history into a thriller so they can spread whatever Orwellian rewrite of history they like among the populous. In this case, there's a secret about the Catholic church that people are willing to kill to cover up. The only question is: who do you trust?
Then, in a post-Pius universe...
This is the return of Sean AP Ryan, after he appears in Pius, and it's more of a postscript to Pius than it is a sequel to Stun! This time, Sean ends up in the political end of the SFF spectrum, hip deep in lunatics, armed authors, all set in the city of Atlanta for WyvernCon.
No relation to DragonCon, which takes place in Atlanta.
And this is the companion piece. Sort of.
Long long story. It's insane comedy. If you don't know what the title references, you're probably better off without trying this one.
And with mustn't forget my solution to dystopias ... with gun fire.
This one is particularly interesting, because it's nothing like anything I've ever written. In fact, it's unlike anything I've ever read. I don't like dystopia. I think they're boring, filled with the exact same cliche.
Winterborn and UnSub -- the Dragon Award nominated work -- are set in a San Francisco that ... sadly, looks much like San Francisco of today, only a little worse. Add a spy of unstable temperament, a flaky assassin, and an unstoppable serial killer, and a collection of mercenaries who are increasingly enamored of the almighty dollar.
And, of course, the series everyone likes....
Take everything from Dracula about vampires.
Add philosophy and microbiology to explain how vampires work.
Shake well.
This was both yanked and rereleased in 2018.
My first Dragon Award nominated work. For best horror, as it says on the cover.
Kick ass vampire.
A romance that works.
Three-dimensional characters, even among the side characters.
And then there's Vatican ninjas.
One is a heartless, bloodthirsty killer. The other is a vampire.
College freshman, Amanda Colt knows few people and wants to know fewer still. She enjoys fencing and prefers facing a challenge every once in a while. She is beautiful, smart, and possibly the most interesting person on campus.
Then she finds tall, intense Marco Catalano in her fencing class. With a mind like a computer and manners of a medieval knight, he scares most people - but not Amanda. They both have secrets, for they are both monsters.
As they draw closer, they must find the line between how much they can trust each other, and how much they can care for each other. Each carries a secret that can destroy the other. But they must come to grips with their personal drama soon because a darkness rises around them. Bodies keep turning up all over New York, and an army of vampires closes in on all sides.
They have only one hope - each other.
Obviously, the sequel to Honor at Stake.
Take everything from book one... add in a demon that just won't die.
After saving Brooklyn from a nest of vampires, Amanda Colt and Marco Catalano are a little banged up. He's been given a job offer to deal with vampires in San Francisco, and it's a tempting offer - it would get him away from Amanda, his feelings for her, and get her away from the darkness inside him. When a death in the family compels Marco to move to the West Coast, they're both left to fend for themselves.
Then the creature known only as Mister Day leaves their world in tatters, and they must once more join forces against the darkness. Only Day is no vampire, but a creature beyond their experience. It will take the combined might of Marco, Amanda, and all of their allies just to slow it down. They have no weapons that can kill him. They have no way to imprison him. To even fight him is death.
But they have to try - or face the end of everything they love.
And the 2017 Dragon Award Nominee for best horror.
A 2017 Dragon Award Nominee for Best Horror Novel!
Marco is spiraling out of control.
He knows it. His team knows it. Everyone around him can see that he’s just a bomb waiting to explode.
The only woman who can bring him back from the edge is also the woman who lit his fuse. Ever since the demon Asmodeus tried to murder Marco, Amanda Colt has been hunting down every lead to find the true evil behind the attack. Her investigation uncovers a vampire assassin that Amanda has faced once before - and she lost. Stronger than anything they’ve face before, the assassin isn’t alone. As Marco flirts with self-destruction and the armies of Hell prepare to descend, they must come together to stop a thousand-year-old assassin that has never failed.
Even worse, they must finally face up to their feelings for each other!
Then there's book 4.
And there are some shorts....
The final war begins.
Merle Kraft, Marco Catalano and Amanda Colt have battled against the mythical Council, a supernatural conspiracy that monsters fear. This war has brought them up against vampires, minions, and demons from Hell.. Along the way, they have accumulated allies among the police, the military, the mafia, college students, lowly street gangs, and even other vampires. Marco and Amanda have overcome their biggest terror - their passion for each other.
But now, they face the final threat, one that is the culmination of every threat before them. This creature from Hell has powers beyond anything they’ve ever seen before, and has allies of his own: including SpecOps minions, an army of vampires, and packs of werewolves.
And that was before Marco got bitten.
In World War II, the allied invasion of the continent hinges on keeping one secret absolutely secure. No one must find out, or all hope is lost.
Tonight, German spy Konrad Achterberg is about to discover what that secret is.
He's also about to find out that the Nazis aren't the scariest predators in the night.
Tonight, German spy Konrad Achterberg is about to discover what that secret is.
He's also about to find out that the Nazis aren't the scariest predators in the night.
Because something in the dark is colder than the dark.
And it is hungry.
And, of course, my nonfiction.
And, of course, my nonfiction.
And, then, of course, there's
My name is Officer Thomas Nolan, and I am a saint.
I can smell evil. I show mercy to the lesser criminals - the desperate. Even those I've put behind bars seem to like me. But now there's a serial killer bringing darkness beyond imagination to my city. I can smell his stench a mile away. But how can I prove it?
How do you do forensics on a killer possessed by a demon?
And I don't think the reviews get much better than this one.
All saints are dead.
Detective Tommy Nolan is no stranger to bizarre events. After all, he's a New York cop. And after the demon, he thought he'd seen it all.
When home invaders threaten his family, he was prepared to take it as a risk of the job. When it turns out the intruders were covered in the mark of the demon, he knew the trouble was just beginning.
Now, it's a race against time as the cult who raised the demon take their revenge. They know that Tommy is not yet a saint. Because all saints are dead.
Detective Tommy Nolan is having a bad day.
First, the celebrant was murdered during mass. Then the SWAT team knocked down his door trying to kill him.
With the million dollar bounty on his head, every gunman and demonic monster is coming out of the pit to collect it.
Tommy has to discover who's out to make him a martyr before he becomes a saint for real.
London is alive with the sound of shadows.
When Tommy Nolan was sent abroad to avoid being made a saint too soon, he thought he'd be a glorified tourist. But when an impossible prehistoric artifact the Vatican is looking at is stolen from the British Museum, they do the first thing that comes to mind -- they call the cops.
But Tommy is soon convinced that the artifact is more than it seems. The crime scene looks like a war zone. The owners of the stolen merchandise eye him with suspicion. His new partner has a shady, mysterious past. The police are ready to arrest him. The city itself seems primed to explode.
Worst of all, the darkness itself is closing in on Tommy, the city, and everyone who lives there.
But Tommy isn't one to curse the darkness. The darkness curses him.
And, of course, we can't forget the short that appeared here.
And we can't forget the other anthologies
Or
Don't let the title or cover fool you. This is straight up strange. It's not propaganda, since we have essays, and some stories with a simple moral of "Let's calm down here, shall we?"
And then...
And then, coming up in 2019, the fun continues.
- January: Infernal Affairs (Saint Tommy, NYPD, book 3)
- February: City of Shadows (Saint Tommy, NYPD, book 4)
- March: TBA (Saint Tommy, NYPD, book 5)
- April: TBD (Saint Tommy, NYPD, book 6)
- May: White Ops
- June: Death and Politics (A White Ops novel #2)
- July: Deadliest Place in the Universe (A White Ops novel #3)
- August: TBA (A White Ops novel #4)
- September: (A White Ops novel#5)
- October: (A White Ops novel#6)
- November: (A White Ops novel #7)
- December: (A White Ops novel #8)
Somewhere along the way, The Moon Anthology will happen sooner or later.
Also, there's a trilogy of murder mysteries that I may up self publishing, if I have the whim.
For the quick breakdown. That's...
- 17 books.
- 8 rereleases and two new this year alone
- 14 novels total
- 1 nonfiction book
- 1 nonfiction essays
- 1 book of Anthologies that are all mine.
- A short story in a magazine.
- 7 other anthologies in which I make an appearance with other folks.
And I've only been at this for just over six years. Not bad. 2019 will be better.
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