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J.R. Kendiro

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https://kendiro.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller

Influences

David Gemmell, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Heinlein, Philip Josè Farmer

Member Since

November 2025

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For ARC Readers: my novella Ravenous Mother - A Healer is available for free right now: here

I've done a lot of things in my life. Some I'm proud of, some I'm not. But they all taught me the same thing: wasting time is a mortal sin.

That’s why I try to write honest, well-crafted books — so I don’t waste my own time writing nonsense, and I don’t waste yours by making you read it.

Ravenous Mother is my first saga. It’s set inside a massive biological organism where humanity survives in a rigid caste system — and reaching forty means you feed the Mother.

It’s about people trapped in impossible systems, without hope, yet who never give up. Exactly like real humanity.

The Mother feeds the readers,

The readers feed the Mother.

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Average rating: 4.67 · 6 ratings · 4 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

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A new novella

I just wanted to let you know that I’ve started working on a new Motherverse novella: Two Gatherers.

In the Sac, Gatherers do the work nobody else wants—crawling through organic tunnels, extracting food from the Greater Membrane, risking their lives for scraps.
They’re not heroes. They’re not chosen ones.
They’re just trying to survive until the Selection comes.

This story is about what happens when s Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 25, 2025 13:10 • Tags: motherverse

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J.R. Kendiro made a comment on Elisa’s review of Ravenous Mother - A Healer: A Dark Fantasy Novella of Genius and Ruin (Ravenous Mother's Tales Book 1) " I really appreciate your review, thank you from the bottom of my heart! I’m so glad you spent some time in this world, and I hope our paths cross agai ...more "
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J.R. Kendiro made a comment on Nicolas’s review of Ravenous Mother - A Healer: A Dark Fantasy Novella of Genius and Ruin (Ravenous Mother's Tales Book 1) " Thanks, It truly means a lot to me :-) I hope you’ll feel curious to explore more stories set in the Motherverse in the future! Two Gatherers will be re ...more "
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