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  • MediaDB / «Chronicles of Rust and Sand" by Dario Tonani: download fb2, read online

    About the book: 2022 / This is World9, a deadly planet completely alien to humans. Here, under the sands, millions of surprises are hidden, just waiting for their victims; Unseen monsters are hiding, huge and ominous. Here, a mysterious disease attacks the flesh, turning it into steel, gigantic flowers feed on rust, dunes of fiery sands become a death trap, tornadoes gain intelligence, and strange biomechanical hybrids fly in the skies. People live here, they have turned World9 into a kingdom of machines, metal and rust . Huge ships that can accommodate dozens of people sail along the sands; they hunt the local fauna and connect individual cities with each other. Robredo is one of these ships, a miracle of engineering, an incredible mechanism that can save its crew even in the event of an accident. And when it happens, at first everything goes according to plan. But the team soon realizes that Robredo is intelligent and has completely different views on humanity. Thus begins the most terrible odyssey of the World9, in which people will have to fight not only with the hostile world around them, but also with what was supposed to protect them. Thus begins the legend of Robredo, a monster whom the inhabitants of this planet will not forget for a long time. But this is just one of the stories, because World9 is full of incredible wonders and terrible nightmares.