The Trinity Effect by Mark Geiger

by Mark Geiger

When an ancient, underground religious sect kidnaps and kills a group of tourists in Italy, they use the publicity to announce a horrific plan to wash away sin from our planet by forcing an apocalypse that will kill billions. Still reeling from the death of her sister who was one of the tourists, a female scientist teams up with a priest, and an archeologist to thwart the group’s plans, and bring them to justice.

Mass Market Paperback

First published February 8, 2014

About the author

Mark Geiger was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. An attorney who has specialized in criminal law for the past 25 years, his love of writing began in high school when he took a creative writing course. One of his first short stories was written for his middle school English class and recounted the story of a fighter pilot in WWII. In the late 1990’s, he dabbled in creative writing again. Then, in 2013, he wrote The Trinity Effect. He is currently working on a sequel entitled The Water Bearer.

Reviews

[Paula Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Trinity Effect is a wonderful religious thriller. An ancient sect with current modern day ties to the Vatican follow the Judas Gospel. They plan on releasing a unknown, unstoppable virus on the world. A virus that was found in the ossuary of Judas.

Will faith alone save us? Is there a need for organized religion?

Never under estimate the power of love, power of faith and the power of our love for our Church.

Loved this novel. Waiting for the next book in the series.

[Gretchen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Trinity Effect was another fast read. I enjoyed it because of the familiarity with the locales mentioned in the book. Been there, seen that -- without the bang bang, shoot 'em up. Highly recommend the book especially if you're familiar with the Gnostic gospels and their background.
Thanks to someone dear to me for lending me the book. Believe she knows the author as well.

[Coleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recognizable story of virus which is going to kill everyone in the world, with a twist that those who have 'faith' will be saved and not die. Some convoluted discussion of what is faith and how organized religions are hypocritical. Basically a decent story with a happier than expected ending, but a couple of major flaws. Some characters just hanging out there... They are brought in and discussed, but do not really fit in. HUH? Bizarre. And the Muslim religion is mentioned but then ignored in the dissemination of the virus story part. Finally, there are an awful lot of typos for a book that is so well packaged with a nice cover and good print. It was as if no one had read, edited and proofed the writing.

I read the book for a Book Club selection for a Senior Citizen's group.