DAVENPORT, Fla. - s4story -- Throughout October, Ray Keating is celebrating 15 years of his Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. Grant is a former Navy SEAL and onetime CIA operative who is now a Lutheran pastor. However, he never completely left his old life behind.

This journey for readers began in October 2010 with Warrior Monk and it continues to this very day. Keating has now penned 19 Pastor Stephen Grant books, and he's working on the next book – The Last Judgment: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel – right now!

As part of the celebration, readers can save 15% on signed Pastor Stephen Grant books by using the checkout code "celebrate15" at https://raykeatingbooksandmore.com/shop/ols/categories/pastor-stephen-grant-thrillers--mysteries. In addition, the Kindle editions of all of the Pastor Stephen Grant books now cost only $4.99 each – go to https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08SW8HB34?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1711307786&sr=8-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin.

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The average Amazon review rating for the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries is 4.5 stars out of 5.

Meanwhile, Kirkus Reviews calls Ray Keating's Pastor Stephen Grant "an engaging and multifaceted character" and "a consistently entertaining hero," and declares his books to be "exhilarating."

Also, in an article titled "If James Bond Became a Pastor," author and columnist Gene Veith noted, "Mr. Keating knows how to tell an exciting story. And these books, like the James Bond novels, are ridiculously entertaining."

Ray Keating said, "These past 15 years with Pastor Grant have been a great ride for me, and I hope for readers as well. I'm excited about going on more adventures with Stephen Grant, his family, his friends, and of course, his former CIA colleagues."

Ray Keating also is the author of two books in the Alliance of Saint Michael historical fiction series – Cathedral and Subversion – and Menace: An Agent Dean Cold Novel, the first book in a new science fiction series.