Bates was able to bring the science fiction game Æon from idea to publication in only ten months.
[3][4] Trinity was the first part of a "thematic trilogy" of games, followed by Aberrant (1999) by Justin Achilli and Bates, and Adventure!
[5] The first three novels written by Bates comprise the Year of the Scarab Trilogy of World of Darkness and consist of Heralds of the Storms, Lay Down with Lions, and Land of the Dead.
Slotting the world-views of the different monstrous factions of the World of Darkness together is no easy task, nor is smoothing over the game jargon, but Bates has done a good job of both.
The few rough edges that do remain — frequently repeated information, jarring bits of dialogue, extraneous details and actions, and the odd plot line that ends up going nowhere — are distracting but not detrimental to a good story.