GladiusTrinity
In a world of superheroes and supervillains, aliens and demons, magic, invasions, and celebrity heroes treated like pop stars, the extraordinary is everywhere.
Rafe Ryker isn't any of it.
Nineteen and unpowered, Rafe comes from a family of famous heroes - and chooses the one path that doesn't involve flight, fame, or spectacle. He enlists in the military.
Stationed in Los Angeles after boot camp, Rafe lives on base, endures brutal training and hazing, and exists in a system that values silence, endurance, and compliance over glory. Able to go home but never fully belong there, he's caught between worlds: military and civilian, anonymity and notoriety, love and humiliation.
Active Duty is a grounded, character-driven story about being human in a world obsessed with power - and what it takes to keep showing up when you will never be extraordinary, only present.