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Steve Copling has spent more than 35 years in law enforcement and corporate security. Over the years, he has worked in field training, crime prevention, SWAT, criminal investigations, narcotics and internal affairs. He has also held multiple supervisory positions at sergeant, lieutenant and captain ranks. He currently serves as a captain in the Plano, TX police department.
Copling’s career as an author began as a favor to his sister who happened to be writing a screenplay about a murder. Because her background didn’t include police work or investigations, she asked him to take a look at it. He immediately recognized that her fictional suspect would have gotten caught within five minutes in the real world. He agreed to write the story for hi ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 172 ratings · 27 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Sage Alexander and the Hall of Nightmares 3.84 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sage Alexander and the Blood of Seth 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sage Alexander and the Castle of Lost Souls (Sage Alexander Series Book 3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sage Alexander and the Time Warriors 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Listener (Rush/Chinbroski, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shooting Season (Rush/Chinbroski, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sage Alexander - Underworld Rising (Sage Alexander Series Book 6) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Sage Alexander and the Dark War (Sage Alexander Series Book 5) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Blood of Seth

Book two is out! Sage Alexander and the Blood of Seth, book two in the seven book series, was released last month. Blood of Seth was more fun for me, primarily because the majority of the setup for the series took place in book one, Hall of Nightmares.

Writing a series takes some forward thinking. The characters have to grow, suffer setbacks, win some - lose some, and overcome different challenges Read more of this blog post »

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FIRST LIGHT: A Science and Faith Thriller

by Frank Tennyson

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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Ink & Intent (The Glyphwright Chronicles, #1)

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