Brian McKinley doesn't really exist. He's a constructed mortal identity used by a relatively young Vampyr in order to publish the truth about The Order. Due to the world-wide influence of The Order and its minions, these accounts must all be published as fiction. Sometimes the names and sequence of events have been changed to protect the innocent, the guilty, and to keep from getting sued. 

Brian is no longer a typical Vampyr and, for this reason, lives in hiding and writes from a secret location. The real "Brian" lives a life of danger and excitement; he loves Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and gangster movies as much as he loves chicken fried steak. And he really loves chicken fried steak! He's a reader, a role-player, and a dreamer. He's lived many lifetimes and is eager to share as many of them as possible with his readers.

He's the author of Ancient Blood: A Novel of the Hegemony, Ancient Enemies, and Drawing Dead: A Faolan O'Connor Novel which won the Grand Prize in the Author's Talk About It 2016 Novel Contest.