Never heard of him prior to the tv series. Saw the promos on tv and kept meaning to get into it but never picked it up until well after it got canceled... (which blew.) Then I found out it was based off books and well just picked up White Night... which yes, means I'm not reading them in the right order... it's not my fault the book store onyl had 1,4,6 and this one. -_-; Which I suppose is a good thing. ;p