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Bios
Short · 25 words
Collin Vaness is a novelist writing thrillers and speculative fiction about civilizations under pressure and the people caught inside them.
Medium · 50 words
Collin Vaness writes thrillers and speculative fiction set at the edges of human endurance — from 12th-century Crusader Outremer to the deep prehistoric past to the wreckage of a near-future war. His novels span historical, military thriller, science fiction, and prehistoric epic, united by one question: what happens to people when the world they built breaks?
Long · 150 words
Collin Vaness is a novelist writing thrillers and speculative fiction across history, the near future, and the deep past. Blood and Faith: The Last Christian King of Jerusalem and The Sentinel 01: Monarch Bridge (Book 1 of The Meridian Saga) are available now; six additional series are in active development across prehistoric epic, military thriller, science fiction, generation-ship saga, and 20-book space opera. A licensed professional engineer by training, he brings a working engineer’s discipline to research, operational detail, and the physics of his worlds.
Reviews & praise
Blood and Faith: The Last Christian King of Jerusalem — quotable with attribution.
“To call Blood and Faith the Christian equivalent of Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire wouldn’t give the book the justice it is due.”
“The defeat of Guy de Lusignan becomes less of a royal blunder and more one of devastating hubris from a man who had everything to prove and lost everything.”
“Vaness treads this dichotomy carefully in a way that expounds on catastrophic loss and humanizes the experience.”
“Vaness makes history come alive in a way that even the most passive reader can’t help but pull up a Wikipedia page to learn more.”Read the full review →
“A sweeping historical fiction… grounded in historical reality, one that begs the question of whether redemption is possible.”
“Vaness is a master at taking what could be dry, tedious political moments and transforming them into high-stakes drama.”
“A book with a cinematic feel and quality, visual richness, dramatic pacing, sharp dialogue, and the emotional depth of a great historical film.”
“His novel will resonate with history lovers who enjoy meticulously researched real events, readers who love political intrigue, as well as readers who believe in second chances.”
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- “The Christian equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire.” — Reader Views (★★★★★)
- “Vaness is a master at… transforming [political moments] into high-stakes drama.” — The Historical Fiction Company
- “Makes history come alive… you can’t help but pull up a Wikipedia page to learn more.” — Reader Views
- “A cinematic feel… the emotional depth of a great historical film.” — The Historical Fiction Company
Awards & competitions
Blood and Faith is a 2026 entrant in four juried book awards. Results are announced from late 2026 into 2027.
Reader Views Literary Awards
The Historical Fiction Company — Book of the Year
American Book Fest — Best Book Awards
Chanticleer International Book Awards — The CHAUCER Awards
Award placements will be updated as results are announced.
Book details
- Title
- Blood and Faith: The Last Christian King of Jerusalem
- Author
- Collin Vaness
- Publisher
- Independently published (2026)
- Genre
- Historical Fiction — the Crusades / Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1187
- Formats
- Kindle · Paperback · Hardcover
- Print ISBN
- 9798195354251 (hardcover)
- Buy link
- Amazon
Photos & assets
- Author photo
- Available on request — high-resolution headshot, two crops.
- Wordmark
- SVG download
- Short mark
- SVG download
- OG / social image
- PNG download
Interview & appearance topics
- Writing across genres without diluting either brand or craft.
- The engineer’s approach to fiction research and world-building.
- Near-future military fiction and the responsibility of plausible threat.
- Prehistoric fiction and what current paleogenetics is doing to the genre.
- Twelfth-century Outremer, Guy de Lusignan, and what the historical record leaves out.
- Building long-arc series without losing the reader (or the author).
Contact
For interviews, blurbs, podcast invitations, or event bookings — please use the contact page.