{"product_id":"rust-gambit-carl-wang-9798181819160","title":"Rust Gambit: Progenitors (Junk Fleet Book 3)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe war is over. The real one is just beginning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCass Vero saved Earth by killing the rust and freeing 10,000 pilots. Now she commands Fleet Zero - a rescue fleet of junk ships and ex-ghosts - with only three memories to her name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the people who built the rust are coming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey call themselves Progenitors. They seeded the galaxy with life as an experiment. The rust was their data recorder. The Masters were their janitors. And humanity? We're the control group that got out of containment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow they're here to collect their results. If they judge us \"unviable,\" they'll reset Earth to molten rock and start over. They've done it to 12 other species. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only person who ever beat them was a woman 10,000 years ago: Seris, the First Unforgiven. She's dead. But her memories - and her sins - are locked in Cass's blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo save her species, Cass has to unlock Seris's memories. But if she does, she might stop being Cass forever... and become the monster who started the first war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEyes knowing. Hands holding. We're not letting go.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRust Gambit: Progenitors\u003c\/i\u003e is the third 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 space opera with a soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181819160\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\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Carl Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173722792191,"sku":"9798181819160","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1ca45af-4725-4532-add9-c30aa83fe667.jpg?v=1788956106","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rust-gambit-carl-wang-9798181819160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}