Olan Thorensen

Olan Thorensen is an American author of science fiction, alternate history, and cross-genre action and police-procedural fiction, known best for the Destiny's Crucible series, an eight-book saga following Yozef Kolsko and Mark Kaldwel, two humans stranded on the planet Anyar and drawn into conflict with the Narthon Empire. He has also written the multi-book Paladins of Distant Suns series, following former soldier Everett Cole and his partner Edgar Millen on colony-world missions for an interstellar federation, and the Janus series, beginning with Harbinger. Thorensen writes primarily for readers of military and political science fiction, and maintains a steady publication schedule across print, ebook, and audiobook editions of his ongoing series.