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U.S. ARMY VETERAN • AUTHOR

STORIES FORGED
IN REAL SERVICE

Military sci-fi written by someone who actually wore the uniform.

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THE AUTHOR

R. Pendland

I served in the U.S. Army during the Cold War — basic training at Fort Dix, then Korea at Camp Hovey. Later I commanded in the Kansas National Guard artillery. I’ve stood in TOCs, maintained ancient processors, and understood what real readiness actually costs.

Now I write the military science fiction I wish I’d had on deployment: stories with authentic tactics, believable tech, moral weight, and the quiet truth that leadership in war is rarely clean.

U.S. ARMY VETERAN
KOREA • FULDA GAP AWARE
R. Pendland - Korea 1985
THE UNIVERSE

The Series

13TH LRF

13th LRF Strike Team

A hardened strike team from the 13th LRF. Advanced tactics, real firepower, and no-bullshit missions. Leadership forged in blood and experience.

SERIES • IN PROGRESS
VORATH

The Vorath Cycle

Larger scale. Ancient threats. Modern soldiers dropped into conflicts that span systems. Brotherhood, betrayal, and the cost of victory.

EXPANDING UNIVERSE
NEW HORIZON

New Horizon

Exploration, first contact, and the terrifying realization that humanity’s greatest threat might be its own history repeating among the stars.

IN DEVELOPMENT
FROM THE ARCHIVES

Sample from 13th LRF

"Reed didn’t look at the sky. He never did when the resonance signature spiked. Instead he watched the men — the way their shoulders squared even as the ground vibrated under their boots. That was the real tell. Not the tech. Not the enemy signatures lighting up the tac-map. The men."

THE ARSENAL

Books & Drops

13th LRF: Operation Briar Harvest
13th LRF: Operation Briar Harvest
NOVELLA • 07-2026

Coming soon

Vorath: Shadow Contact
NOVEL • IN DEVELOPMENT

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