D.I. Telbat

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2012
  • Latest Book:
    May 2023
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Full Series List in Order

C.O.I.L.

0.5 - Dark Edge (Aug-2014)
0.6 - Distant Boundary (May-2016)
1 - Dark Liaison (Feb-2012)
2 - Dark Hearted (Jun-2012)
3 - Dark Rule (Apr-2013)
4 - Dark Vessel (Dec-2013)
5 - Dark Zeal (Dec-2014)

C.O.I.L. Legacy

1 - Distant Contact (May-2016)
2 - Distant Front (Nov-2016)
3 - Distant Harm (Mar-2019)

Last Dawn

1 - DAWN of AFFLICTION (Oct-2022)
2 - DAWN of OPPRESSION (Nov-2022)
3 - DAWN of SUBJECTION (Oct-2022)
4 - DAWN of TRIBULATION (Oct-2022)

Never Lost

1 - Hidden Humanity (Jul-2022)
2 - SHADOW SLAVE (May-2023)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Dark Liaison

    C.O.I.L. - 1

    In Dark Liaison, A Christian Suspense Novel, Book One in the C.O.I.L. Series by D.I. Telbat, we jump into an intense scene where things are not as they seem for Memphis as he is unknowingly tested. And then we meet protagonist Corban Dowler. It is an...

  • Dark Hearted

    C.O.I.L. - 2

    The COIL SERIES -- Book Two. The saga continues from Dark Liaison, and suspense heightens in DARK HEARTED as COIL strives to preserve God's people while searching for abducted operatives, only to uncover an evil plot in Europe.

    The Commissi...

  • C.O.I.L. Extractions

    NEW Cover and MORE STORIES added!COIL Extractions is a COIL Short Story Collection, Book 1, and sampling of D.I. Telbat's Suspenseful Fiction with a Faith Focus. The stories in this collection are COIL-related, so you will learn that COIL -- Commissi...

  • Jaguar Dusk

    In Jaguar Dusk, a Christian Special Forces Novel by D.I. Telbat, a COIL Connections book (NOT part of the COIL Series), we find a family separated by tragedy. A wildlife photographer drowning in sorrow and guilt is challenged to begin to live again.....

  • Dark Rule

    C.O.I.L. - 3

    The COIL Series Christian suspense continues in Dark Rule, Book Three by D.I. Telbat, taking the reader from the South Pacific to the Greek Isles, from the depths of the ocean to the cone of an unstable volcano.

    Nathan Isaacson -- presumed ...

  • Sea Scribe

    Sea Scribe is a delight, full of intrigue that will keep you turning the pages! You have all of the ingredients for a story full of action, adventure & suspense! I could not put this book down! D.I. Telbat has done it again! Bravo! ~Pamela Booker, Ag...

  • God's Colonel

    In GOD'S COLONEL, an End Times Christian Suspense by D.I. Telbat, we witness America's collapse, the Antichrist rising as supreme from the carnage, and a broken family struggling to survive the devastation. The family becomes entangled with the non-c...

  • Dark Vessel

    C.O.I.L. - 4

    D.I. Telbat continues The COIL Series Christian Suspense in Dark Vessel, Book Four, when COIL founder, ex-CIA Agent Corban Dowler, is forced underground after he is the target of a car bomb. His covert investigation begins on the streets of Manhat...

  • Arabian Variable

    ARABIAN VARIABLE is a clean, covert action-suspense novel by Christian Author D.I. TELBAT. Hunted by Muslim extremists for years, ex-Marine chopper pilot Carson Adams is forced from hiding when they track him to the Carolinas, then bait him to return...



  • Mothers of Faith: A Mother's Day Delivery

    In Mothers of Faith: A Mother's Day Delivery, we find COIL Operative Deidre Kovak deployed by Agent Corban Dowler for a special task for Mother's Day. Five strangers, all unsuspecting Christian mothers of COIL agents, are about to receive a surprise ...

  • Soldier of Hope

    Soldier of Hope: A POW Survival Story in Afghanistan, is a Christian, action-suspense novella by D.I. Telbat. After six years in Taliban captivity, Army Ranger Jeffrey Grant runs for his life in an effort to return to his praying family in America. T...

  • Believers' Boot Camp

  • Dark Edge

    C.O.I.L. - 0.5

    * Recipient of the Redemptive Fiction Award of Excellence *DARK EDGE, Prequel Novella to The COIL Series, is a clean, Christian Suspense by D.I. TELBAT. This international thriller provides background to Corban Dowler and the beginning of the COIL or...

  • Dark Zeal

    C.O.I.L. - 5

    In Dark Zeal, Book Five in The COIL Series, D.I. Telbat takes us into the heart and heat of Gaza, Israel. Agent Corban Dowler infiltrates Gaza City for a routine medical op, but soon discovers an international plot by Hamas terrorists to destroy I...

  • The Legend of Okeanos

    It was man and beast in the barest environment -- man in his most desperate state, and beast in its element -- both bound by incommunicable isolation.â€"excerpt from The Legend of Okeanos.The Legend of Okeanos: A Tale of Restoration, Survival, and a ...

  • Called To Gobi

    CALLED TO GOBI: A Christian End Times Chronicle by D.I. TELBAT, is the Gold Medal Winner of the 2016 eLit Book Awards in Religious Fiction. The novel begins on the brink of World War III. American outcast Andrew Foworthy leaves the US to answer hi...

  • Primary Objective

    In this Short Story by D.I. Telbat, Primary Objective: A Christian Rescue Mission begins with Christian Operative Rand Lasky on what he expects to be a simple mission in Lybia. And what a thrill to be covertly extracting someone he once had a crush o...

  • Distant Boundary

    C.O.I.L. - 0.6

    In DISTANT BOUNDARY, Prequel novella to The COIL Legacy Series, D.I. TELBAT takes us to a distant land where danger knows no boundaries.Now working for COIL, Agent Titus Caspertein has left the criminal underworld to carry the cross of Christ, but su...

  • Distant Contact

    C.O.I.L. Legacy - 1

    Distant Contact is a recipient of the Reality Calling Redemptive Fiction Award.In DISTANT CONTACT, Book One in The COIL Legacy Series by D.I. Telbat, we find that a distant shadow hovers over the Caspertein family. Greed and Muslim extremism threaten...



  • Distant Front

    C.O.I.L. Legacy - 2

    DISTANT FRONT is a recipient of The Reality Calling Spirit-filled Fiction Award.In DISTANT FRONT, Book Two of The COIL Legacy by D.I. TELBAT, we learn that the daring COIL Special Forces Operative Steve Brookshire was kidnapped in Hong Kong two years...

  • COIL Recruits

    NEW Cover and MORE Stories Added!COIL Recruits for Christ, a COIL Short Story Collection, Book 2 by D.I. TELBAT, introduces *COIL characters who apply faith and courage in the midst of tribulation. In a world void of peace, these men and women find h...

  • Distant Harm

    C.O.I.L. Legacy - 3

    The COIL Legacy Collection: Three Page-turning Novels in One Volume by D.I. Telbat, draws us into a C.O.I.L. saga of practical faith and heart-pounding conflicts. Titus Caspertein has joined the Commission of International Laborers (C.O.I.L.). We ...

  • Visions of Courage

    VISIONS of COURAGE by D.I. TELBAT is Book 1 of his Christian Short Story Collections. It includes thirty-one parable-style, life-impacting short stories -- stories of courage for each day of the month -- to bring you examples of courage and s...

  • Visions of Faith

    Visions of Faith by D.I. Telbat is Book 2 of his Christian Short Story Collections. It includes thirty-one parable-style, life-impacting short stories—stories of faith for each day of the month—to bring you examples of faith and trust in ...

  • Mother's Day Short Stories

    In Honor of Mother . . . This collection of 20 Christian Mother's Day Short Stories by D.I. Telbat is written for mothers and about mothers around the world. Where there is sacrificial love, there is a mother praying. Where there is a son who ha...

  • Hidden Humanity

    Never Lost - 1

    HIDDEN HUMANITY exposes in fiction form the hidden truth of human trafficking around us. This Book One by D.I. TELBAT introduces us to a secluded retrieval expert who locates lost people within the human trafficking world, and shines the Light of the...

  • DAWN of AFFLICTION

    Last Dawn - 1

    DAWN OF AFFLICTION: America's Last Days by D.I. TELBAT is Book One of the LAST DAWN SERIES, a Christian Post-apocalyptic, End Times Novel. This book is also the 2019 GOLD MEDAL WINNER in the Christian Thriller Category of the Readers' Favorite Book A...

  • DAWN of SUBJECTION

    Last Dawn - 3

    DAWN of SUBJECTION: America's Last Days by D.I. Telbat is Book Three of the Last Dawn Series, a Christian Post-apocalyptic, End Times Novel. Violence and subjection dawn across America in her last days as the New Federation flexes its muscle under a ...

  • DAWN of TRIBULATION

    Last Dawn - 4

    In DAWN of TRIBULATION, Book Four of the Last Dawn Series by D.I. Telbat, we face America's Last Days. The Casperteins have fled westward to escape persecution, escorting weary travelers along the way. But their journey is met with a fury they canno...



  • DAWN of OPPRESSION

    Last Dawn - 2

    DAWN of OPPRESSION: America's Last Days by D.I. Telbat is Book Two of the Last Dawn Series, a Christian Post-apocalyptic, End Times Novel.Twenty-one years after the collapse of America, the land has fallen to the evil Appalachian Federation, based in...

  • SHADOW SLAVE

    Never Lost - 2

    SHADOW SLAVE, in fiction form, exposes the hidden truth of human trafficking around us. This Book Two in the Never Lost Series, introduces us to Human Trafficker Ram Garrity. He lives a charmed, secure life-until retrieval expert Brody Sladrick arriv...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

D.I. Telbat has published 31 books.

D.I. Telbat does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, SHADOW SLAVE, was published in May 2023.

The first book by D.I. Telbat, Dark Liaison, was published in February 2012.

Yes. D.I. Telbat has 4 series.
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