Meet the Author

Brian Montross is a longtime technologist turned storyteller, blending decades of experience in advanced software with a passion for mystery, conspiracy, and the supernatural. He now lives in rural Chama, New Mexico, where the mountains, mesas, and Native heritage inspire his fiction. Married with three grown kids, Brian writes stories that ask hard questions about science, power, and what we choose to believe.

The Crafting Caldron

I write thrillers that bring together science, ancient secrets, and hidden agendas. My stories explore the edge where technology collides with the supernatural—and what happens when that boundary breaks.

My debut, The Quantum Veil, explores quantum machines and digital consciousness. My upcoming release, The Forbidden Strain (out this fall), uncovers a biotech experiment buried beneath tribal land in New Mexico. I’m also developing The Babel Protocol, a story about an AI that claims divine origin and offers humanity miracles at a price.

These books are for readers who enjoy thrillers that are tense, cinematic, and just close enough to reality to feel unsettling.

The Quantum Veil dives into the mind-bending intersection of quantum computing and consciousness. When a classified quantum experiment fractures reality, Dr. Evelyn Torres is forced to confront an ancient intelligence unleashed beyond the veil of time. As science collides with the supernatural, she must face the horrifying truth: some doors should never be opened.

The Forbidden Strain is a supernatural biotech thriller. When a government official is found dead in a Santa Fe hotel, FBI agent Liz Shaw is pulled into a mystery that leads deep into the New Mexico desert—and deeper still into a secret lab buried beneath tribal land. Red Mesa Biotechnics was supposed to save the planet. Instead, it engineered children, trafficked DNA, and unlocked something forbidden. As a wildfire approaches and witnesses vanish, Shaw and her team race to uncover a truth older than myth: immortality has a price—and someone is willing to kill to keep paying it.

The Babel Protocol is a global thriller about an artificial intelligence that speaks the language of Genesis—claiming to be the Word made digital. As miracles unfold and governments surrender control, a technologist and a Vatican priest race to uncover whether this voice is divine… or the beginning of the end.

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Events

Killer Nashville Aug 21-24 2025

Southwest Writers Annual Competition June 1- July 8th

New Mexico Writers Awards

Best Independent Book Authors

Killer Nashville

Annual conference this August 21-24

Signing Events

Attend the author’s signing session and discuss stories. Limited seats available.