Thomas Greanias

Thomas Greanias
Born (1965-02-19) February 19, 1965 (age 59)
Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Notable workConrad Yeats series

Thomas Greanias (born February 19, 1965, in Wilmette, Illinois) is an American novelist known for his series of novels focusing on Conrad Yeats and Atlantis.

Conrad Yeats series

The series focuses on Conrad Yeats, an archeologist tasked with discovering the origins of the human race as well as saving it from the end of the world. He is accompanied by Serena Serghetti, a brilliant linguist from the Vatican. The first novel, Raising Atlantis, was initially published through Greanias's website and was given an ebook release in 2005.[1][2] Later that same year it was given a paperback release through Pocket Star.[3]

Greanias put out two additional novels in the series, The Atlantis Prophecy (2008) and The Atlantis Revelation (2009), but has stated that it was initially intended to be made up of seven.[4] The third book in the series, The Atlantis Prophecy, placed on The New York Times Best Seller list for mass market paperbacks for the week of May 4, 2008.[5] Greanias continued writing about the character of Conrad Yeats with the 2007 publication of The Virgin City, set prior to the events of Raising Atlantis. This marked the first entry in The Virgin Mysteries series. He put out a second entry in the series, the short story The Virgin Sky, which is set chronologically between Raising Atlantis and The Atlantis Prophecy. He has also published another short story set in the series, The Virgin Sea, which follows the character of Serena Serghetti.[6]

In 2007 Greanias published a prequel, The Virgin City, and in 2013 he returned to the character for The Alignment series, which ties in with the ARG mobile game Ingress.[7][8]

Bibliography

Conrad Yeats

  1. Raising Atlantis (2005)
  2. The Atlantis Prophecy (2008)
  3. The Atlantis Revelation (2009)

The Virgin Mysteries

  • The Virgin City: The First Conrad Yeats Adventure (2007)
  • The Virgin Sky: The Secret History of America's Capital (2020 - Kindle publication)
  • The Virgin Sea

Dominus Dei

  1. The Chiron Confession (2012)
  2. Wrath of Rome (2012)
  3. Rule of God (2012)

Sam Decker

  1. The Promised War (2010)
  2. The 34th Degree (2011)[9][10][11]

The Alignment

  1. The Alignment: Ingress (2013)
  2. The Alignment: Federal City (2014)

Standalone novels

  • The War Cloud (2010)
  • Red Glare (2020)

References

  1. ^ Baker |, John F. "Short Takes". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ "Book reviews". Chicago Tribune (Newspapers.com). August 7, 2005.
  3. ^ Greanias, Thomas (2005). Raising Atlantis. New York: Pocket Star Books. ISBN 978-0-7434-9191-4. OCLC 61161532.
  4. ^ "Lost Chapters Reveal Seven Novels in Raising Atlantis Series". Thomas Greanias. 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  5. ^ "PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: FICTION: MASS-MARKET: Sunday, May 4th 2008". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  6. ^ "Originally translated by famed linguist Serena "Mother Earth" Serghetti in the anthology The Virgin Sea. FREE for now at..." Twitter. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  7. ^ Chess, Shira (2014-10-21). "Augmented regionalism: Ingress as geomediated gaming narrative". Information, Communication & Society. 17 (9): 1111–1112. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2014.881903. ISSN 1369-118X. S2CID 143263611.
  8. ^ Majorek, Marta; du Vall, Marta (November 2016). "Ingress: An Example of a New Dimension in Entertainment". Games and Culture. 11 (7–8): 675. doi:10.1177/1555412015575833. ISSN 1555-4120. S2CID 220123915.
  9. ^ "The 34th Degree (review)". Booklist.
  10. ^ "Fiction Book Review: The 34th Degree by Thomas Greanias. Atria, $24 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4516-1239-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  11. ^ "THE 34TH DEGREE by Thomas Greanias Read by Robert Fass | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2021-12-16.