Books by Rick Hoppe
As both a nonfiction thinker and a storyteller, I write about power, conflict, and the ways ordinary people are caught up in forces larger than themselves. Here you’ll find my full-length books—both published and in development.
Nonfiction
Eight Stages: A Primer on Modern Revolution
A clear, accessible framework for understanding how revolutions form and unfold. Drawing on history and modern dynamics, Eight Stages gives readers the tools to recognize the patterns shaping today’s political upheavals.
RELEASE: AUGUST 11, 2026
Never-Ending Story: A Century of Revolution and Reaction in Russia
Some revolutions don’t really end—they mutate. Never-Ending Revolution explores why certain political conflicts regenerate across generations, creating recurring cycles of unrest, instability, and transformation.
PROJECT IN PROGRESS
Fiction
The Traveller Series
A sweeping historical-fiction saga following Calum Tanneyhill, a young Scotsman whose life is shattered during the 1691 sack of Dùn Mhèad and reshaped across continents. Violence, survival, faith, and destiny intertwine as he navigates an unforgiving world.
Chaim’s Song of Praise: Four Friday Nights
Four nights. Four encounters. One life quietly transformed. In Chaim’s Song of Praise, moments of faith, doubt, and revelation collide as Chaim navigates loss and the strange, sacred beauty hidden in ordinary evenings. Intimate, haunting, and deeply human, this novella lingers long after the final page.
Psalm for the Damned
Vinnie never asked to become a monster—he just learned to survive like one. In the shadows of Hell’s Kitchen, hunger and conscience war inside him as he takes his first steps into a violent new existence. Psalm for the Damned opens the Vinnie arc with a raw, unsettling look at a man caught between what he is and what he refuses to become.
Psalm for the Dead
Psalm for the Dead carries the Vinnie arc into new territory—where the consequences of his past violence intersect with unexpected mercy and unlikely destiny. As Vinnie’s journey stretches across decades, his path brushes against Chaim’s world, setting into motion a long chain of encounters that will shape them both. This story bridges the intimate horror of Vinnie’s origins with the spiritual and human depths explored in Chaim’s Song of Praise, ultimately pulling the arc into the present day.