{"product_id":"rust-gambit-carl-wang-9798181647503","title":"Rust Gambit: Awakening (Junk Fleet Book 2)","description":"\u003cb\u003eShe freed the ghosts. Now they're coming home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rust is gone. So are Cass's memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe traded her past to free 10,000 trapped pilots from the Junk Fleet. Now she flies a dead ship with a crew that knows her better than she knows herself. No powers. No voice in the hull. Just vacuum, debt, and questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe questions don't last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pilots are returning - and they're not the grateful ghosts she expected. Half want to build a new world. The other half want to finish the war that killed them. And they all remember Cass set them loose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorse, the last flake of rust still clings to the Rustbucket. It whispers secrets: Cass isn't human. Her father wasn't either. He was the First Pilot who locked them in the rust 10,000 years ago. And he's still alive inside the flake, waiting to wake up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Masters are hunting the pilots. The Colonial Fleet wants Cass dead or dissected. And the pilots want her to choose a side in a war she can't remember starting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has no memories. No ship. No allies. Just a name she chose and a war she inherited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEyes clear. Hands free. The war begins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRust Gambit: Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book in the Junk Fleet series - a military science fiction adventure for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/i\u003e, and gritty space operas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181647503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Carl Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173713289471,"sku":"9798181647503","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rust-gambit-carl-wang-9798181647503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}