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OLD SOLDIERS.
IMPOSSIBLE WARS.ONE MORE LINE TO HOLD.

Military science fiction and grimdark stories about the people who stay when everyone else has gone.

Brandon S. Yukon · Military SF · Grimdark
Load-Bearing, Book One of The Callyx War, cover featuring Elias Vance and ValkaBook One · Available Now
01 The Callyx War
02 Survival has a cost
03 Loyalty has no expiration
The books

THE WORLD ENDS.
THE STORY DOESN'T.

Stories of endurance, sacrifice, stubborn old soldiers, and the companions who refuse to leave them behind.

Cover of Load-Bearing by Brandon S. Yukon
Published · Book One

LOAD-BEARING

The Callyx War · Book One

A quiet mountain. An aging Akita. A war that refuses to leave an old soldier alone.

Elias Vance went to the edge of the world to be forgotten. He built a life measured in routines, distance, and the company of Valka, his loyal dog. When an alien invasion tears that world apart, keeping to himself is no longer an option.

Somebody has to hold the line. Elias has spent a lifetime learning what that costs.


What She Saved, Book Two of The Callyx War, front-cover artwork featuring Elias and Valka
The Callyx War continues

WHAT SHE SAVED

Book Two · In Progress

Some wars follow you long after the first battle ends.

The Callyx War continues with impossible decisions, fierce loyalty, and the stubborn cost of keeping a promise.

No release date announced. Follow the author for updates.

Beyond Callyx

MORE WORLDS.
MORE LAST STANDS.

Different wars. Familiar questions. What is worth saving when the machinery of the world fails?

Service Required cover, showing an old combat frame and its mechanic at a besieged fortress
In Development · Novella

SERVICE REQUIRED

On Altaria, a worn-out combat frame and its weary mechanic stand between an army and the people trying to get home.

The Morning Still Belonged to Them cover showing a pilot above a wounded Earth
In Development · Novella

THE MORNING STILL BELONGED TO THEM

Above a wounded Earth, one pilot faces a choice that will never fit neatly into a victory report.

From the Callyx War

THE MAN.
THE DOG.
THE LINE.

Before the war, they had a mountain and a quiet life. Then the sky changed.

Illustrated character dossier for Elias Vance
Character dossier

ELIAS VANCE

A retired soldier who wanted nothing more than to be left alone.

Illustrated character dossier for Valka, Elias Vance's loyal Akita
Character dossier

VALKA

Ten years at his side. Older, slower, and still on watch.

Portrait of author Brandon S. Yukon
Behind the stories

BRANDON S.
YUKON

Brandon S. Yukon is an Alaska Native author from the Lower Yukon region and a U.S. Army veteran. His military science fiction and grimdark stories follow people who have already paid the price of violence, yet are asked one more time to stand between danger and the people behind them.

Expect worn-down heroes, difficult choices, worlds on the edge, and loyalty that refuses to die quietly.

Keep in touch

THE STORY ISN'T
OVER YET.

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