N.L. Bryar

I write in the penumbra between Reason's lit island and Myth’s black ocean.

Welcome to the official website for Fantasy writer N.L. Bryar.

A crossroads where angels fall, devils aid, and mortals fight.
Where nothing’s trickier than telling the holy from the damned.
Here meet the turn-of-phrase,
the turn of the screw,
and the turn of fate.

Want to follow as dusk turns to night?

(it’s not a contract in blood … probably)

Upcoming Book

Female FBI Agent whose reflection in a window is a vampire

The Curse of the Unholy Grail

When a cursed relic surfaces promising to crown an emperor of the undead, it awakens the dormant lineage of FBI agent Nikki Lange. Only she, a newly made dhampir, can destroy the Unholy Grail.

But does saving all humanity require her to give up her own?

In her career, Special Agent Lange has seen murdered bodies before, but never has one opened its eyes and glared at her hatefully. Plunging into a supernatural world she’s unprepared for, she must now make sense of her dhampiric gifts to race to find and destroy the Grail as vampire emissaries across the globe gather to see their new emperor crowned. And there are more wicked things out there with stakes in the Apocalypse.

The Unholy Grail story is plot-complete.

Look for it to publish within the next few months.

For fans of vampire fiction a tad more grim and a tad more dark, The Curse of the Unholy Grail blends thriller elements with a character-driven protagonist and a dash of literary style. I’ll post sample- and cut-scenes as we march to release. Follow along and see if Nikki’s is a story worth following.