Brian is an American fantasy author based in Boulder, CO. Blood of an Exile is his debut novel, and the first in the Dragons of Terra series. He grew up in Maryland and studied English at Skidmore College in New York. Brian is now a product director for a tech company, and first started writing about dragons to escape the crushing boredom of his incredibly long bus commute. When he's not writing, he's usually griping about video games on Twitter, hiking with his dog, Lola, or whitewater kayaking in the mountains. The last activity makes his mother very nervous.

A LIFE-CHANGING MISSION FOR A DOOMED ADVENTURERBershad is the most successful dragonslayer in history, revered and reviled. But he was supposed to die. Once, he was Lord Silas Bershad. Then a battle went badly awry, he was stripped of his titles and commanded to slay dragons - so his death might serve his kingdom. He's never lost a fight since but he's still a doomed man, shunned by his peers. Now the king who sentenced Bershad has given him one last chance: kill a foreign emperor and walk free forever. The journey will take him across monster-infested mountains and into a forbidden city, guarded by deadly technology. It might also save every creature in Terra. But can Bershad's luck hold?'Fans of Joe Abercrombie's First Law books will love Brian Naslund's debut'Django Wexler'Part Game of Thrones, part superhero epic . . . a cinematic fantasy whirlwind'Sebastien de Castell'Top-notch adventure fantasy - a stand-up-and-applaud debut'Publishers Weekly