{"product_id":"rusted-sails-s-j-miller-9798175645737","title":"Rusted Sails","description":"For forty-three years, Silas was a nameless mechanic on a dying space station, hiding from a past he couldn't remember. He survived by becoming small-mending old pipes, turning his back on the viewport, and drowning the phantom echoes of a white room in the cheap liquor of the Rusty Valve saloon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, a dead data-pad clicked to life with a terrifying message: BRING SILAS. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut in the lawless dark of the Cinder Belt, a legendary experimental vessel has returned from the void. The Mercy Bell. Lost for over four decades, she has drifted back into berth at Bay Nine, her kilometer-high golden sails tattered by time, her hull weeping rivers of rust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the entity that swallowed her crew forty-three years ago didn't destroy them. It changed them. It left behind an army of flawless, porcelain-skinned husks, their eyes wide open, permanently trapped in a state of rapt, listening awe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, accompanied by his fiercely loyal companion Caleb Marsh and a cold, calculating investigator hunting family ghosts, Silas must step across the threshold of his own creation. Because the ancient presence waiting in the rift doesn't hunger for flesh-it feeds on human self-awareness. Pride is the prey, identity is the bait, and the amnesia that Silas thought was a curse is the only armor he has left. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom speculative fiction writer S.J. Miller comes a masterclass in atmospheric dread. RUSTED SAILS is a tight, cerebral, fast-paced science fiction novella that seamlessly marries the rugged, grease-stained soul of a Space Western to the mind-shattering terror of classic cosmic horror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sails are spooled. The key is turning. The question is waiting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScroll up and one-click your copy of RUSTED SAILS today to ride the slipstream into the absolute unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. J. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798175645737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.29d","brand":"S. J. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780077228287,"sku":"9798175645737","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rusted-sails-s-j-miller-9798175645737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}