City of Cayn Cut Scene

By Jason McDonald | November 3, 2018 |

The following is a City of Cayn Cut Scene.  Outside the Monastery, Dobrynya recalls the events that led to he and his men becoming trapped. An icy breeze rippled past the or and azure cloth bearing the Sabe family crest.  The smoke cleared a little, and Vityaz Dobrynya Sabe, dressed in steel plate armor covered…

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Xandor’s Sketch of the Monastery

By Jason McDonald | October 9, 2018 |

Shouting caught Xandor’s attention, and he quickly brought the spyglass back up.  A quarter of a mile south of the city stood the ruined walls of a small estate, surrounded by several dozen orc warriors.  It was the only building still standing outside the city gates. Small knots of humanoids worked their way around the…

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Meet the Villains: Bregu Kraagor

By Jason McDonald | September 26, 2018 |

Meet the Villains: Bregu Kraagor Bregu Kraagor and his tribe of orcs control the ruins of Chernigov and the bridge over the White River that connects Trakya to Rhodina. He’s a crafty orc chieftain who, when they had taken the city, gathered all the heads of the local tribes, or tohans, and established them as…

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City of Cayn Reviews

By Jason McDonald | September 14, 2018 |

Reviews for the City of Cayn Ray reviewed City of Cayn (The Cayn Trilogy Book 2) 5-Stars, Good Read (July 17, 2020) Magical Flying machines were a nice touch. In a world that magic exists in abundance, so much we would be possible. Lacy Buzzell reviewed City of Cayn (The Cayn Trilogy Book 2) 5-…

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Orc War Chants

By Jason McDonald | September 9, 2018 |

þú swíþmihtig Bregu!                                                              Thou great and mighty chief! þú eormenþéod!                                                                        Thou hast a great army! Sé Kral forþsendon here                                                          The Kral sent forth his army…

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City of Cayn Teaser

By Jason McDonald | September 8, 2018 |

Working on the edits for our next book, this one picks up right where Son of Cayn ends.  Let me know what you think of our City of Cayn teaser. *** Crimson ‘X’s mark the doors along the streets of Upper Pazard’zhik.  Merchants and nobles alike have fallen victim to a deadly disease.  Has the…

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The Secret of the Cayn Trilogy – Revealed

By Jason McDonald | September 3, 2018 |

After supper, we sat around the carport  shooting the breeze.  It was one of those times when you spent more time talking than eating.  We had a good crowd with brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  The subject of the Cayn Trilogy, by McDonald and Isom, came up, and one asked: what is is the…

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Human-Wolves among the Navaho

By Jason McDonald | August 31, 2018 |

(adaptation from the book by William Morgan, published by Section of anthropology, Department of the social sciences, Yale university, 1936) To store their food for the winter, the Navajo dry corn and bury it in a hole dug beside their hogan, a domed shelter made from dried mud.  They cover the hole with a stone…

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Treatise on Magic

By Jason McDonald | August 31, 2018 |

TREATISE ON MAGIC (excerpt): INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this document is to explain the origins of magic and mysticism as recorded by Gaius Horace Victorinus of Val Magus. His original writings were lost several centuries ago.  However, an illuminated manuscript of Victorinus’ works recently was discovered in the Library of the White Circle among dusty…

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Secrets of the Blood of Cayn

By Jason McDonald | August 31, 2018 |

Secrets of the Blood of Cayn The following excerpt comes from an ancient document written over a 1000 years ago. Swá ðá drihtguman dréamum lifdon éadiglice oð ðæt án ongan fyrene fremman féond on helle· wæs se grimma gaést Grendel háten maére mearcstapa sé þe móras héold fen ond fæsten· fífelcynnes eard wonsaélí wer weardode…

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