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July 15, 2020
The Blood of the Iutes Preorder is Live!
It’s not easy being the son of a king. Octa never wanted to be a mighty warrior, or a great ruler of men – he’d much rather be a clerk or a priest – but he’s resigned to his destiny as the son and heir of the first king of the Iutes. There is only one problem: under […]
July 1, 2020
The Song of Octa, Book One: Cover Reveal
I’m all but done with the first draft of the new book – should be another week or so. The Blood of Iutes is the first volume in the new Song of Octa trilogy, and the fourth in the overall saga of post-roman Britannia (I haven’t decided on the name yet!). The story picks up […]
June 17, 2020
The Year of the Dragon – Remastered Edition
Here’s a little bit of unexpected news about my old steampunk fantasy series, The Year of the Dragon. I gathered all 8 books into one bundle – what they call on Kindle a “boxed set”, though there is no box, since it’s all virtual… And updated the previous 4-book bundles – or boxed sets – […]
May 31, 2020
Power
There are two types of people in power. Those who are there because they want to use power to help people without it; and those who want to use it to help only themselves. The first kind are not afraid of protests. Sometimes they will even join them themselves. They know the truly powerful protests […]
May 24, 2020
5 resources for history of the Dark Ages Britain
1. CPNRB – Celtic Personal Names of Roman Britain. https://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/personalna... The database of all Briton names confirmed in sources and found in inscriptions in the Roman period, from 1st to 5th century AD. Divided by period, location, tribe. Invaluable for coming up with real-sounding secondary characters. 2. DARMC – Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval […]
May 15, 2020
The Saxon Might – out today, ebook and paperback!
The Saxon Might – The Song of Ash, Book 3 – is out today on Kindle and Paperback. As it happens, I just got my author copy today, so now have all three on the bookshelf!
May 11, 2020
The Saxon Might map reveal – Londinium
Today is the last day I could upload the manuscript for The Saxon Might – which means it’s all systems go for the release of the preorder of the 3rd book of “The Song of Ash” trilogy! Here’s the last map for the series, Londinium in 450 AD:
May 1, 2020
The Saxon Might map reveal – Isle of Wecta
“The Saxon Might” now out for pre-order – released May 15th!
April 26, 2020
The Saxon Might – Pre-Order
OUT NOW ON PRE-ORDER – $0.99 FOR ONE DAY ONLY! All is lost. The Gods decided to reward Wortimer and punish Ash, and the future of Britannia hangs in the balance. In the darkness of a prison cell, through pain of torture, Ash tries to remember how everything has gone so terribly wrong. Wortimer defeated … Continue reading The Saxon Might – Pre-Order
March 9, 2020
The Saxon Spears Tour – Review & Giveaway
Originally posted on Ya It's Lit:
Click the image to see my booksta post! About the Book The Saxon Spears by James CalbraithPublication Date: December 11, 2019Flying SquidPaperback & eBook; 481 PagesSeries: The Song of Ash, Book 1Genre: Historical Fiction The old world is burning downA hero will rise from its ASH. Thirty years…
Click the image to see my booksta post! About the Book The Saxon Spears by James CalbraithPublication Date: December 11, 2019Flying SquidPaperback & eBook; 481 PagesSeries: The Song of Ash, Book 1Genre: Historical Fiction The old world is burning downA hero will rise from its ASH. Thirty years…
