The wait has been long, I know, but trust me when I tell you it will be worth it. INFERNAL GAMES, book four of the Templar Chronicles series, will be released on Wednesday, February 15th. To start it will be available in ebook format on the Kindle, Nook, and iPad platforms. Shortly thereafter I hope to have a paperback edition as well. It will sell for $3.99, just like all the other books in the series.

But…if you preorder it now, you can have it for $2.99, which is a 25% discount off the cover price. In addition, you’ll be featured on the acknowledgements page for showing your support.

So what, exactly, is INFERNAL GAMES about? I’m glad you asked…

[Spoiler Alert - if you haven't read TEAR IN THE SKY, you probably don't want to read any farther...]

The Templars have emerged victorious following their battle with the Chiang Shih, but paid a high price in doing so. The dead line the halls of the local commanderies and the survivors are both physically and spiritually exhausted. Estimates suggest it will take years for the Order to recover.

Even Echo Team has been decimated; its ranks reduced by half. Knight Commander Cade Williams managed to survive his journey deep into the heart of the Beyond and his subsequent confrontation with the Adversary, but he has returned a changed man; his thirst for vengeance quenched but his spirit broken. As a result, command of Echo has passed to the newly-promoted Captain Riley.

It is the moment Simon Logan, former leader of the Council of Nine and the man once known as the Necromancer, has been waiting for. In a daring prison break, he frees himself from Templar control and vanishes into the night. Given the difficulty the Order had in capturing him the first time, the assignment to track Logan down falls to those who know him best – Captain Riley and the newly reformed Echo Team.

But rather than waiting for Echo to coming looking for him, the Necromancer takes the battle to them instead; luring former Commander Williams away from his home and stealing the physical form of his wife, Gabrielle, a woman caught somewhere between life and death.

It is perhaps the one act that could rouse Cade from the grey haze his life has become. As he ruthlessly tracks the Necromancer through this world and the next, Cade can’t help but ask himself what Logan might want with a half-dead woman and the man who had literally travelled to hell and back to rescue her.

One thing is for certain – Cade won’t rest until Gabrielle is by his side once more.

Reserve your copy today and it will be emailed to you as soon as its available on February 15th!

As the Templar Chronicles series grows in popularity (no doubt thanks to many of you who have helped spread the word!), I hear from fans on an almost daily basis, asking if there will be another book. I’ve been a bit evasive on the topic before this, primarily because I wasn’t sure if the series would support another volume.

Thanks to the hard efforts of all you Templar fans out there, I can finally give you a firm answer to the question.

No, there will not be another Templar book. There will be two!

The first, INFERNAL GAMES, picks up right where A TEAR IN THE SKY, left off. I hope to have the book completed sometime next month and available shortly thereafter. Then, later this fall, the as-yet-untitled fifth (and possibly final volume) of the series will be released.

I can’t thank my fans enough for supporting the Chronicles all these years and I’m looking forward to giving you some of the answers you’ve been clamoring for! Stay tuned to the mailing list for more information, including a sneak peek at the opening chapters of INFERNAL GAMES in the next few weeks.

The past couple of weeks have brought several reviews of The Heretic and A Scream of Angels, all of which have praised the books highly. Here are a few that you might like to check out:

Fellow Dead Man author James Reasoner recently said

“Nassise keeps the reader turning the pages (or the e-book equivalent) all the way to a spectacular final confrontation in the Louisiana swamps.” You can read the full review at the Rough Edges blog.

Vixen’s Daily Reads gave The Heretic a five star rating, saying

“This story moves supremely fast, holding the reader in its grasp, until the very amazing end. I cannot wait to read the next in the series, A SCREAM OF ANGELS and A TEAR IN THE SKY.”

At the BarnesandNoble.com digital store, Maedchen says

“Nassise’s ability to create scenes is masterful, giving vivid descriptions of natural and supernatural settings and beings alike. The story is fast-paced without feeling like pieces are missing. This story will draw you in from the start and will compel you to finish it as quickly as possible, simply to see what happens next.”

Sandra over at ThruDreamsgate’s Blog took on The Heretic and A Scream of Angels back to back and had terrific things to say about both.

“The Heretic is a well written, fast paced supernatural thriller that will leave you rapidly turning pages, (or in my case, clicking the next page button on my Kindle). When I finished reading it, my first thought was “Wow, damn good book!”, second thought was “I want more, NOW!”

“Scream of Angels was a good strong sequel that expanded on what the Heretic had started and paved the way for further conflicts and adventures in book three.”

Find out what all the excitement is about by checking out the series yourself – all three books are available separately or as an omnibus volume at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Bad Moon Books.

Bad Moon Books posted on their blog this morning that the Templar Chronicles Omnibus is now in stock and ready to ship!

This beautiful trade paperback edition with full color cover art by Kip Ayers comes in at just about 700 pages and contains the first three books in the Templar Chronicles series – The Heretic, A Scream of Angels, and a Tear in the Sky. If you’ve been waiting to read all three of them together, now’s your chance.

Get your copy of the Templar Chronicles Omnibus today!

An update on the forthcoming Templar Chronicles Omnibus:

As I noted in my last post, Bad Moon Books will be releasing a trade paperback omnibus edition of the Templar Chronicles trilogy.  When I initially announced the title, I didn’t have a release date but I’ve recently heard from Roy at BMB and he tells me that we’re looking at having the books available by Christmas!

Typesetting on the volume is nearly finished and it will be going to the printer shortly.  Preorders are now available and you can reserve your copy here.

For now, though, let me leave you with the gorgeous cover art created by Kip Ayers.  He’s done a marvelous job and I can’t wait to hold a copy of this book in my hands!

As many of you know, the collapse of Full Moon Press meant the demise of the planned limited editions of all three books in the Templar Chronicles.  Like you, I was disappointed with the news, as I had been looking forward to having print editions for the books that had not yet been published in English.

Well, I’m happy to say that another small press publisher has stepped up to the plate!

A trade paperback omnibus edition containing all three books under one cover will be available before the end of the year.  In fact, I’ve already seen the finished cover art, which I think is gorgeous.  This is going to be a nice looking book.

Even better, we’re doing our best to keep it affordable.  Right now we’re looking at a price of about $29.95, which means you get all three Templar Chronicles novels – The Heretic, A Scream of Angels, and A Tear in the Sky – for about the same price as a typical hardcover.  That’s not a bad deal!

I’ll be posting more information as I’m at liberty to do so.

As a big proponent of digital media and the ability it gives authors to expand their reader base, I wanted to do something special to help celebrate “Read an E-Book Week” that runs from March 7th through March 13th. I’ve been planning a digital launch for the English language editions of the Templar Chronicles books for some time now and what better time to do it than during “Read an E-Book Week”?

So, starting today, and continuing throughout the week, I’ll be making the three books in the Templar Chronicles trilogy – The Heretic, A Scream of Angels, and A Tear in the Sky – available in a variety of formats through Smashwords at a discount price (25% off). After that, the books will be available at various online distributors, including right here at this website in the new Digital Store, at the usual rate.

THE HERETIC: Book One of the Templar Chronicles

Centuries after the Knights Templar were presumed destroyed at the hands of King Phillip and Pope Clement V, the Order resurfaces as a secret military arm of the Vatican, charged with defending mankind from supernatural threats and enemies.

Of the Orders’ enemies, the greatest are the Fallen, supernatural beings that claim to be fallen angels and are devoted to wreaking havoc on earth. It is contact with one of the Fallen that led to Knight Commander Cade Williams becoming a Templar.

When a cabal of necromancers tries to claims the legendary powers of an ancient holy relic for their own ungodly purposes, it will be up to Cade and his famed Echo Team to stop them before it is too late.

Praise for The Heretic:

“First-rate, stylish work from Mr. Nassise, with a steady escalation of the story’s speed that makes it almost literally breath-taking.” — Clive Barker

“With HERETIC, Joseph Nassise kicks off his TEMPLAR CHRONICLES in fine, swaggering style. This book bobs and weaves like the young Muhammed Ali, keeping us off-guard and entertained with its every surprising move.” — Peter Straub

Visit Smashwords to read a sample or purchase your copy today!

Available formats: Kindle, ePub, PDF, RTF, LRF, Palm, and Plain Text

(Use coupon code RAE25 at check out to save 25% off the price of the book)

Book Two, A Scream of Angels, will be available tomorrow and book three, A Tear in the Sky, will be available on Wednesday, so come on back and check out the rest of the series!

The final cover art is in for the Polish edition of HERETIC coming Nov. 19th from Replika. (If you’re a Polish reader, you can order your copy HERE)

From this week’s edition of the Full Moon Press newsletter:
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Full Moon Press

Joseph Nassise’s “Templar Chronicles”

We are very pleased to announce that we are sending out contracts for Joe to sign for all 3 “Templar Chronicles” novels this week!

We will have artist announcements and a preorder link for “Heretic”, the first book in the series next week and we will have a very cool promotion for this series as well!

These books are international bestsellers and we expect them to be very popular FMP titles!

More details will follow next week!

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I’m very grateful to Full Moon Press for making the decision to publish all three of the Templar Chronicles books in English. At long last, all of my original fans will be able to read the continuing adventures of Knight Commander Cade Williams and his Echo Team comrades.

Now, that said, I can’t stress how important it is for the first book in this series to sell well. I know just about everyone out there has read it and that you are all anxiously awaiting books two and three. But the publisher and I wanted to do this as a complete three-part set and sales of the first book are clearly going to impact how quickly we get the next two out to the market.

So it would be great to see a good number of pre-orders come in next week when Full Moon makes the announcement that things are ready to go. I can guarantee you won’t be disappointed – these books are going to be beautiful!

If you haven’t signed up for the free Full Moon Press newsletter, you can do so at their website so you won’t miss the announcement when it happens next week. (I will be echoing the announcement in my own newsletter as well.)