Author
Austin Norby balances a career in high-stakes cybersecurity with a passion for writing gritty, progression-based fantasy. Holding a doctorate in cyber operations, he draws on over a decade of cybersecurity experience to infuse his worlds with technical precision and discipline.
His stories, including the upcoming Into The Abyss, explore magic that requires practice and discipline forged through relentless study and hardship. Austin writes the detailed, visceral fiction he craves as a reader.
Read how a cybersecurity researcher ended up writing fantasy
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