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When Platinum Rusts

Outside the Script (Biopunk Dystopian Fantasy)

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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 experiment: 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.

©2025 Anka B Troitsky (P)2025 Anka B Troitsky Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
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Grips you with its chilling vision of survival at the edge of extinction, where science becomes both salvation and sin. Quest to forge a new humanity is as heartbreaking as it is thought-provoking, leaving you questioning the cost of progress long after the final word.

Prelude to Humanity’s Last Experiment

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I’m totally new to biopunk, so please take my opinion as that of a newbie. I’ve listened to the Vist series by the same author, so this book felt like a great way to enter the biopunk genre, especially since I love the way the author writes.

I felt like there are no “good guys” in this book, just people trying to survive and doing whatever is necessary to ensure the continuity of the species. It has a Walking Dead–like feeling, where ethics and morality become twisted to accommodate a new way of living. Because of that, I expected Dr. Selest to be some kind of “the good one” in the story, but she turned out to be just another survivor. I really liked that, because it broke my stereotype of what a main character is supposed to be.

I also loved how the story evolves toward its ultimate question: is an entity created to hold human consciousness capable of feeling, having a soul, or even being the same person it carries?

The narration is amazing. It’s not just read, but truly voice-acted, with a dusty, worn tone that makes you feel the desperation of the situations. I could almost feel the sand in the hourglass of survival slowly running out.

Great starting point for biopunk newcomers

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Oh yes... the main character Selest is mentioned in the Who is Vist series. Now we can learn her story. A special applause to the narrator. What a talent!

Female protagonist

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Usually, Christmas Eve is the one night I associate strictly with family and food, but I simply couldn't pull myself away from this book. I literally finished the final minutes of the last chapter at abt 6 pm, squeezing in the last few sentences right as I sat down at the dinner table! A-star to the narrator for such a compelling performance, and of course, A-star to the author for crafting a story that proved more tempting than a holiday feast ;)

The Ultimate Test

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I got lost in this world. Yes sometimes it those wrong things are the only options available. waiting for V2 to be born

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