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When Platinum Rusts: Outside the Script
When Platinum Rusts is a biopunk dystopian fantasy about the fragile beginnings of a future we never meant to enter.
In the ruins of a failed colonisation project, Eternum, Doctor Selest Dvali leads a desperate to engineer a new kind of human. Not from ambition, but from fear, duty, and love.
With only scraps of forgotten technology and a few fractured allies, Selest attempts to build loaders—genetically and technologically enhanced beings, strong enough to survive civilisation’s end.
But the deeper she delves, the more the lines blur. Ethics erode. Mistakes multiply. And every failure leaves a permanent scar.
Set fifty years before the Who is Vist series, this novel stands alone to uncover the buried legacy and the secret origin of Vist.
In the ruins of a failed colonisation project, Eternum, Doctor Selest Dvali leads a desperate to engineer a new kind of human. Not from ambition, but from fear, duty, and love.
With only scraps of forgotten technology and a few fractured allies, Selest attempts to build loaders—genetically and technologically enhanced beings, strong enough to survive civilisation’s end.
But the deeper she delves, the more the lines blur. Ethics erode. Mistakes multiply. And every failure leaves a permanent scar.
Set fifty years before the Who is Vist series, this novel stands alone to uncover the buried legacy and the secret origin of Vist.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 13, 2025
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About the author
Anka B. Troitsky
12 books13 followersAnka B. Troitsky is an award-winning author and introvert passionate about sci-fi and games.
Originally from Kazakhstan, she relocated to the UK in 1993, where she previously worked as a science teacher and interpreter in Essex.
Anka's profound connection with books has been instrumental in her professional and personal growth, considering some of her favourite authors as her best friends and teachers.
Specialising in science fiction and satirical fantasy, she believes these genres offer a unique blend of imagination and philosophical exploration. Through her storytelling, Anka shares her fascination and concerns with readers who share similar interests.
Her books, while often exploring past and future themes, ultimately are about the present, human choices and decisions.
Welcome to her world.
Originally from Kazakhstan, she relocated to the UK in 1993, where she previously worked as a science teacher and interpreter in Essex.
Anka's profound connection with books has been instrumental in her professional and personal growth, considering some of her favourite authors as her best friends and teachers.
Specialising in science fiction and satirical fantasy, she believes these genres offer a unique blend of imagination and philosophical exploration. Through her storytelling, Anka shares her fascination and concerns with readers who share similar interests.
Her books, while often exploring past and future themes, ultimately are about the present, human choices and decisions.
Welcome to her world.
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December 30, 2025
Fast-paced adventure; it gives some background to the later series.
I listened to the audiobook; the narrator is a little stilted at first, but gets into their flow as they progress.
I listened to the audiobook; the narrator is a little stilted at first, but gets into their flow as they progress.
December 29, 2025
Funny little futuristic read, storytelling was decent. Good fantasy to enjoy for the weekend as you relax. Better than watching television, a nice fantasy book is what you need.
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