The Christian Trilogy Books in Order

The Christian Trilogy consists of The Last Coin, The Paper Grail, and All the Bells on Earth. These are contemporary fantasies rather than religious novels in a conventional sense. Each takes a piece of Christian history or symbolism, places it in a modern California setting, and lets ordinary people stumble into a hidden struggle involving relics, collectors, secret groups, and very old forms of evil.

The connecting thread is a belief that sacred objects can carry real power, and that people will do foolish or terrible things to possess it. But Blaylock keeps the stories rooted in everyday lives. His protagonists run inns, collect odd things, worry about family, work regular jobs, and often find themselves in trouble before they understand what the trouble is.

The Last Coin begins with the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas Iscariot. The coins have survived, and a man named Pennyman wants to collect enough of them to gain immortality. Innkeeper Andrew Vanbergen and his relative Aunt Naomi are drawn into the hunt when a family heirloom proves much more important than it looks.

In The Paper Grail, Howard Barton arrives in Mendocino looking for a small folded sketch that may be connected to the Japanese artist Hokusai. The scrap of paper puts him among rival secret societies, a sinister garden, an invention meant to raise the dead, and relatives whose private collections are far stranger than advertised.

The trilogy closes with All the Bells on Earth, set in Orange, California. Mail-order businessman Walt Stebbins receives a jar containing a preserved bluebird just as frightening events begin to spread through town. A man tries to silence church bells, a stranger dies in flames, and Walt must work out how these signs connect before the danger grows closer to home.

The supernatural is never far from the kitchen table.

The tone changes from book to book. The Last Coin is a strange, darkly comic chase for cursed silver. The Paper Grail leans into a mystery of artwork, collectors, and secret history. All the Bells on Earth feels more openly ominous, with a local community facing signs of a battle between good and evil. Together, they balance eerie material with humor, family ties, and characters who do not always look like natural heroes.

The books share themes and a general worldview, but they do not require strict continuity tracking. Reading them in order is still worthwhile because it shows Blaylock returning to the same questions from different angles: what makes an object precious, what people owe one another, and what happens when old powers enter modern life. Start with The Last Coin, then follow the trail through The Paper Grail and All the Bells on Earth.