* 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 Organization.CIA Agent Corban Dowler has refused a kill order, therefore he is sanctioned for assassination by the very agency he has worked with for years. As Corban runs for his life, he must cut all ties and even abandon his wife in order to keep her alive. His new relationship with Jesus Christ may cost him everything . . .But Corban has a plan. He knows God's persecuted need his specialized skills, so he follows a lead to India, though poisonous clutches and a German hit squad are close behind. Disguised as a bearded Muslim weapons smuggler, Corban initiates a rescue in the midst of millions of Hindus participating in the Ganges River bathing festival.We also meet first-recruit ex-Mossad Agent Chloe Azmaveth and her husband as they brainstorm with Corban about a new organization to serve God's people worldwide.With Bonus Chapter One of Dark Liaison, Book One in The COIL Series, and cover art by Streetlight Graphics, DARK EDGE will not disappoint as you follow the founder of COIL to the edge of darkness. And we learn, there is no redemption without sacrifice . . . D. I. (David) Telbat is a Christian author best known for his clean, Suspenseful Fiction with a Faith Focus, which includes his bestseller and award-winning COIL Series, Steadfast Series, and several other suspense and End Times novels. He wrote his first book at age 14, and hasn't stopped since!Through David's weekly D.I. Telbat Newsletter, he provides free Christian short stories, or his Author Reflections, or his novel news. Many of D.I. Telbat's stories are about persecuted Christians-their sacrifice, suffering, and rescues.Getting into trouble with the law as a young man became a turning point in David's life. The Lord used that experience to draw David into a personal relationship with Him. Re-focusing his life for Christ, David now seeks to honor God with his life and his writing.David studied writing in college, and worked for a time in the newspaper field, but he is now doing what he loves most--writing and Christian ministry. When not busy writing Christian novels, you will find him teaching/preaching/discipling, and writing curriculum for Christians in the prison system.Though D.I. Telbat is currently living on the West Coast, he has kept his home office in the Northwest U.S. where his assistant, Dee, lives and helps with his research and editing needs.There is no redemption without sacrifice. Lace up your boots, pack your parachute, and join Corban Dowler and his team of operatives in The COIL Series, Christian suspense by D.I. Telbat.Imagine a whole book series about international spies and Special Forces commandos committed to saving at-risk Christians around the world. How selfless, daring, and dedicated to Christ these men and women must be! The Award-winning COIL Series takes you into such action as you join the Commission of International Laborers in covert ops and rescues.You won't experience a COIL novel without realizing Telbat's adventures are based upon actual conditions in our world today. These stories of suspense, loss, love, and commitment to Christ will draw you, and you'll see that God is still in control even in the midst of chaos.D.I. Telbat hopes you won't just read or listen to The COIL Series, but that your faith in Christ, our Savior, will also be strengthened.
