Under the Thelian Sky (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494232283)

After struggling for decades with faith and manic depression, Frank Olvera (aka "The Christian Noob") finally decided to work on stories that remained dormant in various notebooks and disks - now releasing his debut, Under the Thelian Sky. He holds a degree in audio engineering and another in computer science. He has also been involved in other fields such as education and journalism. He has published and managed several websites with information ranging from music to technologies to wrestling to religion, for which he received several awards and recognition from several entities in each of the different fields. He has also received several awards for poetry. As a science fiction writer and as a geek, I am heavily influenced by programs and films like Doctor Who (BBC, 1963-1989, 1996, 2005-present), James Bond (MGM, 1962-present), Star Wars Episode IV (20th Century Fox, 1977) and V (1980) and Star Trek (CBS Studios, 1966-1969) and TNG (1987-1994) - to name a few. Growing up Catholic, he found many aspects that he did not understand or care for in Catholicism. Hence he strayed for about thirteen years. He finally returned to the Church in the fall of 2008 choosing a Presbyterian church where has been involved in various ministries. He also became an ordained minister by the Universal Life Church in 2010 - as a means to study the Word of God in more detail and servitude. Nowadays he neither considers himself Catholic anymore nor Presbyterian for that matter - just Christian. He lives in New York with his wife and children where he has been an advocate for the mentally disabled.