A.J. Calvin

Author of The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & Wraith and the Revolution

The Caein Legacy: Magic, Magi, and The Oracle

The Caein Legacy: Magic, Magi, and The Oracle What’s a fantasy book without magic of some form? The Caein Legacy is no exception, but the way I built the magic system for this series (and the related series The Mage War Chronicles) is different than what I’ve done in the past. Rather than have a […]

The Caein Legacy’s Long History

The Caein Legacy’s Long History On May 24, 2019, I started writing something “new.” It was a story that had been brewing in my head for years, one that I’d started and stopped countless times, often with different characters featured as the main, but nothing felt right. Not until that date, anyway. There were several […]

My Book Plans for the Foreseeable Future

My Book Plans for the Foreseeable Future I have plans. So. Many. Plans. Some of my plans have been shared, but some have not, and it’s been a few months (May?) since I last wrote an update post. It’s past time. Release Plans War of the Nameless is scheduled to release December 6, 2022. This […]

The Caein Legacy: Cover Artwork

The Caein Legacy: Cover Artwork Note: If you’re having difficulty viewing images, please click on the blog title at the top of your email to view it in a web browser. There is a recent issue preventing some mobile users to view imbedded images from my posts. Back in January, I mentioned that I’d come […]

The Caein Legacy, Character Profile: Claire Ellington

It’s that time again; I have a new character profile from The Caein Legacy posted! Character Profile: Claire Ellington Claire Ellington is the daughter of an influential Novanian duke, and at the beginning of Exile, she is married to Andrew, whom she believes is heir to the throne. Claire is as ambitious as she is […]

The Caein Legacy, Character Profile: Colin Marsden

Character Profile: Colin Marsden My blog for this week features the latest character profile from The Caein Legacy, Colin Marsden, the primary antagonist of the series. Colin’s character was designed to be one that readers “love to hate”. When I was working on the design for the character artwork, my first rendition was shot down […]

The Science in my Fantasy Writing

The Science in my Fantasy Writing As some of you may have seen, I was invited to do an interview with Boomers on Books for their YouTube channel last weekend. I was approached for the interview last Friday, and we had everything set and scheduled to go live the next day. It did not give […]

The Caein Legacy, Character Profile: Alexander

The Caein Legacy, Character Profile: Alexander At the beginning of February, I launched a poll on Facebook to help me determine which character profile to release next from my latest series, The Caein Legacy. The results came back with an overwhelming majority (75%) voting for Alexander (vs. 25% for Colin). Alexander is the primary supporting […]

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