We all have those moments that define us, those moments that make us who we are, and for Matthew Cornelius Riley one such moment came on a dark night in August nearly twenty-five years ago.
The events of that evening would drive him into the waiting arms of the Templar Order, would help him rise through the ranks to become not just a member of the Echo Team but the executive officer to its infamous commander, Cade Williams.
This is the story of that fateful night.
(The events of Flesh and Bone take place shortly after those in book three, A Tear in the Sky)
I'm the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than fifty novels, including the Templar Chronicles series, the Jeremiah Hunt trilogy, and the Great Undead War series. I've also written several books in the Rogue Angel action/adventure series from Gold Eagle. I'm a former president of the Horror Writers Association, the world's largest organization of professional horror writers, and a multiple Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee.
When I'm not writing, I'm hanging out with dogs, practicing recurve archery, or off-roading in the desert around my home in Phoenix, AZ.
This gives you an insight of how Riley became who he is as a Knight Templar. The things that happen to his family and the creatures which cause it. A great short story.