"The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume III" available NOW!

 

"THE CHRONICLES OF CAYLEN-TOR VOLUME III" by Byron A. Roberts is available now in trade paperback and digital formats. Published by DMR Books. Cover illustration by Bebeto Daroz. Interior illustrations by Andrej Bartulovic. 

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume III — DMR Books

"The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume III" available soon!

 

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume III will be published soon via DMR Books! (Volumes I and II are available now.)

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume III (Coming Soon)

 

The Saga Continues! Pulp Sword & Sorcery Stories by Byron Roberts

Pulp sword & sorcery by Bal-Sagoth vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts, published by DMR Books.

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume I

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume II

Swords of Steel: Omnibus Edition

Karnov: Phantom-Clad Rider of the Cosmic Ice

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume II

 

"The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume II" is now available in trade paperback and digital formats, published by DMR Books. Featuring the stories "The Trial of Blood and Steel", "Carnage at the Crimson Stones", "In the Hall of the Wolfborn Liege" and "The Devil Beyond the Gate of Shadow", along with an extensive section of appendices. The Wolf of the North returns! All hail Caylen-Tor!

Link: The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume II

The Return of Caylen-Tor!

 

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume II

Coming in May 2021 from DMR Books... "THE CHRONICLES OF CAYLEN-TOR Volume II" by Byron A. Roberts! Available in trade paperback and digital formats.

Caylen-Tor (DMR Books)

The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume II

THE CHRONICLES OF CAYLEN-TOR

Bal-Sagoth 'Caylen-Tor' Metal Miniatures Coming Soon!

The Barbaric Splendor Miniatures Kickstarter campaign was a resounding success and the first CAYLEN-TOR metal miniatures will soon be available!
Visit www.barbaricsplendor.com for news and updates!

Caylen-Tor Miniatures

Caylen-Tor Miniatures

Barbaric Splendor CAYLEN-TOR Miniatures!

Barbaric Splendor Campaign

The Barbaric Splendor Personalities 2 campaign is now live on Kickstarter! This epic selection of officially licensed 32mm metal miniatures features two CAYLEN-TOR miniatures along with an array of other fantastic characters!

Caylen-Tor first appeared in the lyrics of the second Bal-Sagoth album "Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule" in 1996. The character's adventures continue in the novel "The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor" by Byron Roberts, published by DMR Books.

Back the Barbaric Splendor campaign today! Click Here! 

Read "The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor"! DMR Books

Chroniclers of Barbaric Splendor

A series of CAYLEN-TOR miniatures will be available soon from the artisans at "Barbaric Splendor Miniatures". The mighty barbarian warlord first appeared in the lyrics of the second Bal-Sagoth album in 1996 and recently featured in the novel "The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor" published by DMR Books. (The "Chroniclers of Barbaric Splendor" Kickstarter campaign includes a wealth of fantastic characters created by authors and artists including Byron Roberts, Howie Bentley, David C. Smith, Trevor Ngwenya and Didier Normand. Back this fantastic campaign when it launches in early 2020 and add these highly detailed 32mm miniatures to your collection!)

Caylen-Tor Miniatures

Chroniclers of Barbaric Splendor

Caylen-Tor Miniatures

Caylen-Tor miniatures from Barbaric Splendor!

Coming soon from the artisans at Barbaric Splendor... the first CAYLEN-TOR miniature!
Part of the epic "Chroniclers of Barbaric Splendor" campaign! Check out the Barbaric Splendor Facebook page and website for details!

Surging forth from the pages of the lyric booklet of  Bal-Sagoth's second album "Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule" and the epic sword & sorcery novel "The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor", the legendary barbarian king shall soon be immortalized as a collection of highly detailed miniatures! All hail the Wolf of the North! All hail Caylen-Tor! 

Caylen-Tor Miniatures

Caylen-Tor Miniatures from Barbaric Splendor

Caylen-Tor Miniatures from Barbaric Splendor

THE CHRONICLES OF CAYLEN-TOR

ALL HAIL CAYLEN-TOR, THE WOLF OF THE NORTH!

 An ancient fortress besieged by a vast and unrelenting empire...A mighty legion intent upon the conquest of the antediluvian world...A tyrannical Serpent King ruling from his sinister Black Pyramid...These are The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor, the indomitable barbarian warrior whose cold steel carves a searing, bloody swath through the time-lost kingdoms of legend! A mercenary, a reaver, a king by his own hand… the saga of Caylen-Tor is one of pitiless carnage, dark sorcery and epic battle!

 BLEED FOR THE GODS OF WAR!


This new publication features three pulp sword & sorcery novellas starring the character who first appeared in the lyrics of the second Bal-Sagoth album back in 1996. The book includes the tales "The Siege of Gul-Azlaan", "The Battle of Blackhelm Vale" and "The King Beneath the Mountain of Fire", plus an extensive section of appendices by Byron A. Roberts. Illustrated by Martin Hanford and Samuel Santos. "The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor" is available now as a trade paperback, e-book and classic sized paperback from DMR Books.

Order the limited edition classic sized paperback from DMR Books HERE.

Amazon Links:

Trade Paperback US: Here.

Trade Paperback UK: Here.

E-book US: Here.

E-book UK: Here.

Dreams of Fire and Steel - available now!

The print and Kindle editions of "DREAMS OF FIRE AND STEEL" are available now.

Dreams of Fire and Steel on Amazon US
Dreams of Fire and Steel on Amazon UK

Dreams of Fire and Steel

DREAMS OF FIRE AND STEEL is a new sword and sorcery anthology published by Nocturnicorn Books.
Within this thrilling publication you'll find the following authors and stories:

Byron Roberts--"Caylen-Tor"
Teel James Glenn--"Cimmerian's Challenge," "Storm of Blood," "Ragnar's Curse"
Norbert Góra--"Winged Barbarians"
Travis TJ Gates--"At the Hearth of the Gilded Lamb," "The Witch Tree of Harper's Hollow"
Kevin Candela--"Kalyx and the Spirit Blades"
Frank Searight--"Plagues," "Bones" 
Kevin Henry--"In Oblivion, Met"
Joas Dale Miller--"Fire Dragon," "Ring of the Mist," "How Brond Defeated the Black Wind"
Frederick J. Mayer--"Genus Loci Venus (in Nigeria)"
Matthew Knight--"Servants of Destiny" 
Sarah Walker--"The New King" 
Rhys Hughes--"Bringing it Back" 
Alex S. Johnson--"Bane of the Black Wizard"
Artwork by Joas Dale Miller, Frederick Mayer, Samuel Santos and Jesus Rodriguez

DREAMS OF FIRE AND STEEL!

Coming this autumn from Nocturnicorn Books... "DREAMS OF FIRE AND STEEL"... a new fantasy anthology featuring some of my short stories as well as prose and poetry by a selection of other fine artists. More news on this publication soon!

THE HYBORIAN GAZETTE

Be on the lookout for issue 2 of "THE HYBORIAN GAZETTE" which is full of awesome stuff including my poem "The Hallowing of the Wolf-King". Featuring cover artwork by the legendary artist Sanjulian! Published soon by Carnelian Press.

                                                                             

Caylen-Tor Concept Artwork

To date, I've written three short stories, one novella, a song and a graphic novel script featuring my character Caylen-Tor. I'll upload preview excerpts of the stories in due course. In the meantime, here's a more detailed look at an awesome piece of Caylen-Tor concept artwork, rendered by the prodigiously talented artist Martin Hanford.

And here once again is the classic illustration of Caylen-Tor, a fantastic piece of artwork rendered masterfully by Samuel Santos:

Further updates soon!
BYRON

Concept Artwork

Joachim Blokk wields a fearsome array of weaponry with which he dispatches his vampyric foes. In the prose stories, he uses a specially customized four barreled flintlock to devastating effect, along with a selection of other bladed and projectile weapons. Here are some concept illustrations of his firearms rendered for the forthcoming comic strip. (Artwork by Martin Hanford)
BYRON

This is a character design for a sequential storytelling concept rendered in animation cel style.
This character appears in the "future era" stories. (Artwork by Martin Hanford)
BYRON

More soon!
BYRON

More artefacts from the Vault...

Here’s the original rough sketch by Martin Hanford for the classic “The Crows Will Pick Your Bones Clean” warrior shirt and flag. This draft of the preliminary illustration does not feature the shield which appeared in the final version, because at this stage in the design’s evolution Martin was considering having a bird of prey, such as a hawk or a falcon, perched on the character’s hand. Ultimately, Martin and I decided to go with a shield. The final version of the artwork as it appeared on the textile poster flag is shown below the sketch.

Below is the rough illustration for the “Future Era Caylen-Tor” design by Martin Hanford, which appeared on the classic “Bow, Yield, Kneel” shirt and also in the digipak re-release of “The Power Cosmic”.  I asked Martin to add a helmet to the character, and he sent me illustrations of several brilliant helmet designs to choose from. The final lupine helmet design was chosen to reflect Caylen-Tor’s status as “The Wolf of the North”. The finished version of the artwork, painted on a watercolour board, appears below the preliminary sketch.

More artefacts from the Vault soon!

BYRON

From the Bal-Sagoth Vault...

Here are some interesting artefacts from the Bal-Sagoth archival vault...


This is the original rough sketch for the "Starfire..." cover which artist Joe Petagno sent me for approval back in 1996.

Below is the original preliminary pencil version of the Caylen-Tor illustration by Samuel Santos. The final version of this illustration appears on the "Starfire Elite Guard" t-shirt.

Here's one of the rough sketches for the cover of "The Power Cosmic", featuring concept art for the character Zurra, which Martin Hanford sent me for approval back in 1999.

Below is one of the rough concept sketches for the "Atlantis Ascendant" album cover which Martin Hanford sent to me back around 2000.

And this is a preliminary version of the revised "Sigil of War" design by Martin Hanford dating from 2000. The final version of this design appears on the album "Atlantis Ascendant" and is also currently available as a textile poster flag from Razamataz.

More artefacts from the Vault soon!
BYRON

Short Stories and the Lexicon

Bal-Sagoth the band is just one facet of the vast and far reaching world of these stories. The lyrics of the six albums are reflections of a much larger and more intricate body of work, and only a relatively small part of that has thus far been revealed in the lyric booklets. As I originally intended, the chronicles of this baroque fantasy world will ultimately encompass such things as prose short stories, graphic novels, illustrated books, and more. Additionally, the forthcoming revised and expanded edition of my Glossary (called “The Lexicon”) will provide readers with unprecedented information on all aspects of the lyrical mythos. The lyrics of the Bal-Sagoth hexalogy can be read at www.bal-sagoth.com, www.bal-sagoth.co.uk and www.byron-a-roberts.co.uk.

This is the map detailing the world in which the antediluvian era stories take place.



Soon to be appearing in short stories is my character CAYLEN-TOR, who first appeared in the lyrics of the second BAL-SAGOTH album. This character has proven to be a fan favourite over the years, and his adventures are set to continue soon. Here is a selection of illustrations featuring Caylen-Tor, beginning with my original character sketch upon which all subsequent renditions were based.



And here is a larger picture of the awesome version by Samuel Santos (which is now available as a t-shirt.):



Here is a collection of illustrations featuring The King of Hyperborea. Included here are my two original character sketches, featuring the King both as an older, bearded warrior and also as a younger man, followed by a selection of great pieces by Martin Hanford, Simon Lee and Samuel Santos. "Ride them down!"

And here is a great sketch by Samuel Santos depicting my character Lord Angsaar, the Dark Liege of Chaos.



And this is the original preliminary rough sketch of the Lord Angsaar painting which appears in the limited edition digipak release of "The Power Cosmic". Artwork by Martin Hanford:



Here's a great illustration by Martin Hanford of my character Professor Caleb Blackthorne III:



This is a great illustration of one of the Guardian Spirits of Ur, the fearsome yet alluring entities which safeguard the sanctity of the city's hidden catacombs and the terrifying lore contained therein:

Blodu Ok Jarna!
BYRON