D.I. Telbat

Biography

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.

Where to find D.I. Telbat online

Series

A COIL Short Story Collection
Short Story Collections included in A COIL Short Story Collection by D.I. Telbat are all COIL-related, so you will learn that COIL--Commission of International Laborers--is an organization formed to support or to rescue persecuted Christians in volatile countries around the world. This series consists of two Short Story Collections: COIL Extractions by D.I. Telbat is Book 1, and has 13 COIL-related short adventure or suspense short stories. COIL Recruits for Christ by D.I. Telbat is Book 2, and has 17 COIL-related adventure or suspense short stories.
COIL Legacy
The COIL Legacy by D.I. Telbat has an emphasis on family and practical faith. Though this Award-winning series can be read and enjoyed as a standalone, it will be even more enjoyable for those who have read the first COIL Series. Corban Dowler is running COIL (Commission of International Laborers), but Titus Caspertein is in this series, making plenty of enemies. You’ll find newly-developed COIL tech, with more in the NL (non-lethal) weapon series, as well as drones! COIL missions, spies, disguises, international humanitarian work, survival, wild animals, evil regimes, chases by radical Shiites—there’s much excitement and intrigue to once again keep you awake into the wee hours of the morning! To introduce this new series, you may want to first read the FREE, exciting Prequel, Distant Boundary, with Book One, Distant Contact, and Distant Front, Book Two, and the final Book Three, Distant Harm, to follow. This series has now been published as a 3-in-1 Volume in both eBook and Paperback versions! (the Prequel, Distant Boundary, is NOT included in the collection.)
COIL
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.

Books

COIL Recruits: a COIL Short Story Collection
Series: A COIL Short Story Collection. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 26,590. Language: English. Published: July 12, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Christian » Short stories, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
COIL Recruits for Christ, a COIL Short Story Collection, Book 2, includes more characters applying faith and courage in the midst of tribulation. Each COIL short story presents a spiritual principle within gripping fiction and real-life scenarios. Book 2 is a sample of D.I. Telbat Suspenseful Fiction with a Faith Focus where we are reminded that there is no redemption without sacrifice.
Distant Boundary: Prequel to The COIL Legacy
Series: COIL Legacy. Price: Free! Words: 18,370. Language: English. Published: May 10, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Christian » Suspense, Fiction » Inspirational
(5.00 from 1 review)
Assumed dead after a humanitarian airdrop, Agent Titus Caspertein fights against hyenas, wild dogs, and isolation in the African savanna. With broken limbs and predators prowling for blood, Titus relies on a young boy. Unless his wife finds him before an armed rhino poacher does, Titus will become a casualty of wild Zimbabwe in Distant Boundary, Prequel for The COIL Legacy by D.I. Telbat.
Dark Edge: Prequel to the COIL Series
Series: COIL, Prequel. Price: Free! Words: 15,740. Language: English. Published: August 19, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Inspirational, Fiction » Christian » Suspense
In DARK EDGE, by D.I. Telbat, CIA Agent Corban Dowler refuses a kill order, so is sanctioned for assassination by the agency he's worked with for years. Corban's new relationship with Jesus Christ will possibly cost him everything. In disguise, Corban initiates a rescue in India, and then we join a brainstorming session that reveals the beginnings of COIL, formed to protect God's people worldwide.
C.O.I.L. Extractions: a COIL Short Story Collection
Series: A COIL Short Story Collection. Price: Free! Words: 24,060. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Christian » Short stories, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
In C.O.I.L. Extractions, a Collection of COIL Short Stories, Book 1, we find a sampling of D.I. Telbat's Suspenseful Fiction with a Faith Focus. Each adventure or suspense story shows a unique side of service for the Lord, and we are reminded that there is no redemption without sacrifice.

Smashwords book reviews by D.I. Telbat

  • Smashwords Style Guide on Nov. 14, 2012

    I work with Author D.I. Telbat and am a non-tech techie, so learning all that I had to for e-published was a huge uphill battle for me. BUT, when I read your Style Guide, it opened a whole new world to us! Thank you so much, Mark, for making this available! We couldn't have done it without you! The detailed steps and visuals are so clear. If I can do it, anyone can! I use your style guide to get our other formats ready, as well. There's just nothing that I've found to be as helpful. And the coupons that you allow us to create has been a great help, too! We have four Christian fiction books in the Premium Catalog, and are about to publish David Telbat's fifth novel through Smashwords. We thank you so much, Mark, for helping to make our dream come true! 10-stars for sure! Dee for D.I. Telbat