The Catholic Geeks
Recent Comments
Category Archives: Thriller
Catholic Book Release: Crusader (Saint Tommy, NYPD Book 5)
Crusader is here. Still working abroad, Detective Tommy Nolan has a hot tip that leads him to Germany. Women and children are disappearing from Catholic Bavaria. The local police have their hands tied. Tommy is the last hope for answers. Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller
Leave a comment
Castlia House Reviews Hell Spawn
Over at Castalia House, Jon Mollison reviewed Hell Spawn. Played entirely straight, the result is an urban fantasy for people who don’t like urban fantasy. Instead of the usual kitchen sink approach as seen in the “Iron Druid” series and … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Horror, Personal Posts, Reviews, Superhero, Thriller
Leave a comment
Review: Monster Hunter Files
If you don’t know Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International series, this would be a place to start. It’s a world where the forces of darkness are driven back by men and women with nerves of steel, bullets of lead, silver, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged Jim Butcher, Larry Correia, Monster Hunter International, Monster Hunter Series
Leave a comment
Why Vatican Ninjas?
I think the first time I came up with the concept of Vatican ninjas was as a joke during a Dan Brown review. The protagonist stated that he, personally, knew the current pope, and therefore he was certain that the Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Plugs and Promotions, Thriller
Tagged Fantasy, Honor At Stake, Larry Correia, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Vatican Ninjas
Leave a comment
The Epic Conclusion to the Dragon Award Nominated series
Live and Let Bite is the second book of the Love at First Bite Series to be nominated for a Dragon Award. Yes, when half of my quartet is nominated for an award, it’s “the award nominated series.” So what does … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Horror, News, Personal Posts, Thriller, Writing
Tagged vampire, vampire novel, Vampires, Writing
2 Comments
Bump In The Night Book Bundle
Some of the brightest luminaries of writing — including L. Jagi Lamplighter, Dean Wesley Smith, and Kevin J Anderson — unite to bring you an unprecedented deal on books. As Kevin J. Anderson (author and publisher of Wordfire Press), has … Continue reading
A Pius Man, Chapter 3: A Pious Visitor
Yup. Here we go again. I’ve done Chapter 1 and was chapter 2, and now we continue with your look at the new edition of chapter 3 for A Pius Man: A Holy Thriller. By now, you’re probably well aware … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Thriller, Writing
Leave a comment
Life is Strange: Butterflies in the Vortex
“Do your powers include mind reading? Or did you just rewind because I tried to steal the cozy chair?” Some of you might remember my Walking Dead review, where I talked quite glowingly about Telltale Games’ feels trip masquerading as … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, Mystery, Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller, Video Games
Tagged Choice, Games, Life is Strange, Time Travel
1 Comment
Catholic Dragon Award Suggestions
Since we have not mentioned this since February, It’s occurred to me that the first post was probably a little too cavalier in that Dragon Award post. We should spell out what the bleep is going on a little bit … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, News, Romance, Science Fiction, Superhero, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Alternate History, Arrow, Catholic Fiction, Daniella Bova, DragonCon, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Grimm, John C. Wright, John Ringo, Karina Fabian, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Larry Correia, Military, Monster Hunter International, Monster Hunter Series, Star Wars, Superversive Fiction, Timothy Zahn, vampire, vampire novel, Vampires, Winter Born
Leave a comment
A Pius Man, Chapter 2, A Pious Mercenary
Yup. Here we go again. Last week was chapter 1, and now we continue with your look at the new edition of chapter 2 for A Pius Man: A Holy Thriller. By now, you’re probably well aware my yanking this … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Plugs and Promotions, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Books, Declan Finn, Free Fiction, History, Pope Pius XII
Leave a comment
A Pius Man, Chapter 1: A Pious Cop
Yes, you’re reading this right. You’re about to get a look at the first, redone chapter of A Pius Man: A Holy Thriller. Imagine if every thriller that had “history” of the Catholic church were both well-written and historically accurate. Basically, a … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Books, Free Fiction, Pope Pius XII, Truth
Leave a comment
A Pius Man: What is it?
The other day, it was mentioned that A Pius Man: A Holy Thriller was coming soon from Silver Empire Press. At which point, I’m certain that the first question on everyone’s mind is simple … starting with, “Why is pious spelled … Continue reading
Silver Empire To Re-release Declan Finn’s A Pius Man
Before Declan Finn became a Dragon Award nominated horror writer — before there was even a Dragon Award — he wrote a thriller series that’s been described as “the anti-Dan Brown,” or perhaps, “The Da Vinci Code — but not … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Historical, Mystery, News, Personal Posts, Romance, Thriller, Writing
Tagged Pope Pius XII
2 Comments
The Man in the High Castle: Not Your Average USA
One of the classic tropes of time-travel stories is “history changed and the Nazis won”. The fictional multiverse is veritably littered with alternate worlds where the Nazis are in control of the world. Perhaps it’s because there were points at … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Historical, Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller
Tagged Alternate History, Nazis, Philip K. Dick, World War II
Leave a comment
Netflix’s “Death Note”: A Trailer Analysis
Well. It has come to this. Netflix is finally producing a live-action USA-based adaptation of Death Note, the hit manga/anime where a teenager with a god complex gets a notebook that he can use to magically murder people. It’s better … Continue reading
Dragon Awards Are Live
Last year, we released footage of the first annual Dragon Awards, the official award of DragonCon, one of the world’s largest SFF conventions. And now, the Dragons are once again upon us. The nominations process has begun. However, I don’t recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Horror, News, Romance, Science Fiction, Tabletop RPGs, Thriller, Video Games, Writing
Tagged DragonCon, Honor At Stake, live and let bite
4 Comments
Top 10 Catholic Books to Give this Christmas
In my family, the easiest thing in the world is to give the gift of books. And, seriously, who doesn’t read? If your first thought is “I don’t read,” then I will ask you how exactly this post is getting … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Superhero, Thriller
Tagged adam baldwin, Ann Margaret Lewis, baldwin, C. S. Lewis, Dystopia, Dystopian Fantasy, John C. Wright, Larry Correia, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes
1 Comment
Review: Ordinance 93
As I tell everyone I know, I can read practically any political message, as long as they tell me a good story. I’ll even take save the whales, as long as it’s as well done as Star Trek IV. Ordinance … Continue reading
Review: Stealing Jenny
I Ellen Gable wrote a book called Stealing Jenny, and mentioned that it would be free on Kindle early last week, and we could grab a copy and review it. I shrugged, figured “If she likes my book, how bad … Continue reading
Andy
ashetoashes
catholicgeekguest
Declan Finn
Karina Fabian
Matthew Bowman
Lori Janeski
Hannah Rose
Ross Windsor
Olivia Bushey
The Catholic Geeks 
Review: Lou Antonelli’s Another Girl, Another Planet
Let’s keep this one short: Buy Lou Antonelli’s Another Girl, Another Planet. Thanks. No, that’s it, go out, buy this book. You don’t like or read alternate history? Neither do I. Too bad, you’ll like it anyway. Really. …. Sigh. Okay. … Continue reading →