Rustlight Salvage — Book One
Genesis Children
A war-born human hides aboard a living wreck of a ship. In the dark between systems, Elo 7829 begins to learn that survival is only the first thing the galaxy asks of him.
// Transmission 001 — The Premise
Humanity built soldiers strong enough to survive extinction — then feared what it had made. The ones who lived were scattered, hidden, hunted. This is the story of one of them, and the salvage crew who chose to keep him.
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Cornerstone
The Book
Follow Elo 7829, a genetically engineered survivor hiding aboard the Rose after humanity fears what it created.
Worldbuilding
The World
Scarcity, salvage, controlled evolution, unstable travel currents, and politics that prize useful bodies.
Manifest
The Crew
Nine souls held together by a ship that was never meant to carry them. Found, not recruited.
// Stay on the manifest
Follow the Rusty Rose
Get book progress, worldbuilding notes, draft fragments, and new character art the moment they leave the airlock.
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