Joseph Nassise (born 1968) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling American

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writer and the author of more than sixty novels. His

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, ''Riverwatch'', was nominated for both the

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and the

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. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Templar Chronicles series, the Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle, the Great Undead War series, as well as several books for Gold Eagle's

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line. His work has been translated into German,

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Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. Nassise served as the president of the

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from 2002 to 2005 and a Trustee of the same from 2008 to 2010. Nassise was born and raised in

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. He lives with his wife and four children in

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Bibliography

Novels

*''Riverwatch'' (

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, 2003)

and

nominee

Series

*The Templar Chronicles **Novels ***''Heretic'' (

, 2005), later retitled as ''The Heretic'' ***''A Scream of Angels'' (Harbinger Books, 2010), first published in German translation as ''Der Engel'' (

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, 2007) ***''A Tear in the Sky'' (Harbinger Books, 2010), first published in German translation as ''Die Schatten'' (

, 2008) ***''Infernal Games'' (Harbinger Books, 2014) ***''Judgment Day'' (Harbinger Books, 2014) ***''Fall of Night'' (Harbinger Books, 2017) ***''Darkness Reigns'' (Harbinger Books, 2018) ***''Nephilim Rising'' (Harbinger Books, 2019) **Templar Chronicles Mission novellas ***''Shades of Blood and Darkness'' (Harbinger Books, 2014), set before ''The Heretic'', previously published in slightly different form as ''That Cleansing Fire'' ***''The Hungry Dark'' (Harbinger Books, 2014), set between ''The Heretic'' and ''A Scream of Angels'', also contained in ''SNAFU: Heroes: An Anthology of Military Horror'' ***''Tooth and Claw'' (Harbinger Books, 2018)'' ***''Flesh and Bone'' (Harbinger Books, 2018)'' *The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle **''Eyes to See'' (Tor Books, 2011), first published in German translation as ''Der Schattenseher'' (PAN, 2009) **''King of the Dead'' (Tor Books, 2012) **''Watcher of the Dark'' (Tor Books, 2013) *The Great Undead War **''By the Blood of Heroes'' (HarperVoyager, 2012) **''On Her Majesty's Behalf'' (HarperVoyager, 2014) **''The Sharp End'' (Harbinger Books, 2014), short story set before ''By the Blood of Heroes'' *The Aspect Cycle (with

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using the pen name Matthew Caine) **''Ghosts of the Conquered'' (2015) **''The Swords of Scorn'' (scheduled for Oct 2015) *

**''The Spirit Banner'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2010) **''The Dragon's Mark'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2010) **''Tear of the Gods'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2011) **''Cradle of Solitude'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2012) **''Library of Gold'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2012) **''Staff of Judea'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2013) **''The Vanishing Tribe'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2013) **''Treasure of Lima'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2014) **''Bathed in Blood'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2015) **''Beneath Still Waters'' (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2015) *HELLstakers **''The Cerberus Protocol'' (Harbinger Books, 2002) (with

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)

Novellas and collections

*''More Than Life Itself'' (

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, 2006), novella also contained in ''Shades of Reality'' *''Spectres and Darkness'' (Medium Rare Books, 2002), collection containing eleven pieces of short fiction: five stories by Nassise and six by Drew Williams *''Shades of Reality: Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy'' (Harbinger Books, 2011), collection of twelve pieces of short fiction including ''More Than Life Itself''

Comics

*''Heretic'' ( Markosia Comics, United Kingdom, 2006) - 6 issue mini-series, *''Candice Crowe'' (Arcana Studios, 2011) - Original Graphic Novel

Edited anthologies

*''Brimstone Dreams'' (Harbinger Books, 2011) *''Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed'' (Tor Books, 2015) (with

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) *''Urban Allies'' (HarperVoyager, 2016) *''Urban Enemies'' (Gallery, 2017)

Role-playing game supplements

*''The Sentinel's Bible''
Creative Illusions
2003) - players sourcebook for The Seventh Seal role-playing game

Interviews

External links

Joseph Nassise's Official WebsiteThe Templar Chronicles Website
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