Crosspost: Mookie Multiverse Interview on Faith, Firepower, and First Contact
A fun 90 minute interview
The Mookie Multiverse’s The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory podcast recently interviewed me not only about the Fallen series, but we also discussed critical thinking on UFO/UAP claims, the struggle PTSD sufferers have when they come home, unique ways to work faith into fiction without it being on the nose, and how to “succeed” as an independent book writer. Take a listen!
Here is Mookie’s write up of the interview:
The 32nd episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory features Mookie diving deep into science, religion, and philosophy with indie author Patrick Abbott. a writer pulling from real-world experience to build science fiction that resonates.
Patrick’s Fallen series hurls readers into a first contact scenario where humanity is immediately outmatched technologically, strategically, and psychologically. The alien race, the Sabia, arrives speaking our languages, offering gifts, and refusing to explain themselves. The hope, confusion, and chaos fracture governments, ignite suspicion, and force impossible decisions.
What makes the series land is Patrick’s background working alongside foreign militaries. He understands what it feels like to operate between cultures, where loyalty blurs and every interaction carries tension. That perspective runs through the story: negotiation replaces heroics, and the real stakes live inside human relationships under stress.
The conversation digs into how his experiences shaped the books, including the psychological toll of deployment and the quieter, often ignored forms of PTSD. He builds characters who function on the surface while slowly breaking underneath, telling the tales of people chasing adrenaline just to feel normal, even as it destroys them.
Faith runs through the entire series. His characters carry belief systems that actively shape their decisions, especially when confronted with something as awe-inspiring and destabilizing as alien contact. The Sabia bring their own religious framework into the mix, turning first contact into a collision of worldviews as much as a geopolitical crisis.
Mookie and Patrick then go broad, into his fascination with the elusive truths that might lurk within UFO mythology, cargo cults, and the human tendency to search for meaning in anything we can’t explain. Why do modern alien narratives feel so familiar? Why do belief systems keep resurfacing in new forms? And what happens when science, religion, and fear all collide at once?
They also get into the reality of being an indie author. No gatekeepers, no safety net. Abbott breaks down what actually works: building a network, using reader magnets, showing up at events, and making direct connections with other writers and readers. The game is simple: do like Mookie and go full DIY, keep creating, keep reaching out, and don’t wait for anyone to notice you.
This episode covers the intersection of experience, belief, and storytelling, and how real-world tension becomes narrative fuel. The glorious result demonstrates how science fiction can still say something honest about the people living inside it.
Read My Books
Looking for psychological military science fiction? Read about the adventure of veteran Brendan Murphy as he tries to keep peace between Earth and a mysterious alien race known as the Sabia. Read the Fallen series today on Kindle, paperback, and Kindle Unlimited! And please leave a review!
Using my links helps support me via the affiliate program.
Until Next Time
Next time we are putting things in high gear. Next time I will share my short story Captain Bolide!, which is a fun little series of pulp flash fictions.
As always, please leave a comment with any questions, reviews, thoughts, whatever about Fallen, Risen, Dormition, An Odd Pilgrimage, The Savannah Paranormal Detective Agency or whatever else I have discussed. I promise to reply!
Can’t wait to listen to this one!
Just finished listening. Great conversation, inspiring faith-based and rational world view, and really appreciate the shout out! You're doing the community thing the right way. And, you've inspired me, setting up my Book Funnel today ...