Ashes, Rust, & Bad Decisions

Two centuries after the world choked on its own ambition and pressed the big red “end everything” button, what’s left is a radioactive junkyard filled with monsters, ruins, and people desperate enough to smile through missing teeth.  Mason Rook is a scavenger—part treasure hunter, part professional bad decision-maker. He survives by wits, luck, and a mouth that absolutely refuses to shut up, even when it really, really should. While rummaging through the skeletal remains of the old world, Mason stumbles upon a piece of pre-collapse technology that somebody—or something—wants badly.  Chased by mutants, rival scavvers, and forces that should have stayed buried, Mason is dragged into a bigger story than he ever wanted. Along the way, he’ll shoot first, talk too much, and uncover secrets that suggest the apocalypse may not have been the end of the world… just the beginning of the next mistake.