In a world where rust meets salvation, eighteen-year-old Asher struggles to live up to his parents’ legacy as a repair worker in the close-knit village of Graven Pointe. But when a salvage run in the Dread Wastes leads him to Seven, a childlike medical android with an extraordinary capacity for kindness, his life changes forever.
Seven sees the good in broken things – and in broken people. Through stories of Sarah, a young patient from his past, the android helps Asher confront his own grief. But when word spreads of a fully functional pre-shift android, hunters close in, forcing them to flee into the merciless Dread Wastes.
As they face the harsh desert and those who would tear them apart, Asher must decide what’s worth fighting for. Is protecting his newfound friend worth the cost of everything he knows? His journey will teach him that sometimes the most powerful healing comes from the most unexpected places, and that being broken doesn’t mean being unfixable.
