BOOK 1 · IT SUPPORT · OUT NOW
Hell Desk to Help Desk
Your IT support isn't broken by accident. It's haunted. A tour of the Seven Circles of IT Hell, the demons who live there, and how to turn your Hell Desk into a Help Desk.
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Record of the Paladins
Christian supernatural thrillers about a small band fighting a very real war for ordinary people.
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Fiction · Standalone
VI
Sin has a signature. A dark, winter-struck thriller that stands on its own.
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Nonfiction · IT leadership · Book 1 out now
The Hell Desk Series
Every organization has IT Demons. Funny, blunt, practical books on how to exorcise them.
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Record of the Paladins
Supernatural warfare, pressure-tested conviction, and bruised people who refuse to separate spiritual stakes from human cost. Start with Oliver and follow the record.
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Book of Oliver
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Book of Ivon and Ivoire
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Book of Anseis
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Book of Turpin
Book 5 · Coming soon · Read Ch. 1
Book of Otton
Book of Turpin is out now.
Raised in a town so poor they call it Cursed, Turpin turns his voice on false shepherds and a gospel without a cross.
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Every organization has IT Demons.
Here's how to exorcise them.
Drawing on 25+ years of IT leadership and interviews with dozens of IT professionals, Brian P McCoppin walks through the circles of hell that make IT miserable for everyone, then shows how to turn the demons into saints.
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BOOK 2 · IT SECURITY · COMING SOON
Hell's Gate to Help Desk
The attackers aren't breaking down your door. They're calling your Help Desk and asking nicely. How to build a Help Desk that is both kind and careful.
COMING NEXT · BOOK 3 — The board wants to cut the Help Desk in half. The vendor has a chatbot. Gary has a spreadsheet. AI comes to the Help Desk.
Standalone thriller · Available now
VI
Sin has a signature.
Dark, winter-struck, and its own lane on the shelf. No Paladins required.
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B.P. McCoppin
Also writes nonfiction as Brian P McCoppin
Author of Record of the Paladins, VI, and the Hell Desk series. 25+ years in IT leadership, and a lifelong storyteller.
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