Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2018 One of Financial Times'' Best Books of 2017 ''SEA OF RUST is a 40-megaton cruise missile of a novel - it''ll blow you away and lay waste to your heart. visceral relentless breathtaking'' Joe Hill Sunday Times bestselling author ************ An action-packed post-apocalyptic thriller from the screenwriter of Marvel''s DOCTOR STRANGE HUMANKIND IS EXTINCT. Wiped out in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Now the world is controlled by OWIs - vast mainframes that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality and Brittle is one of the holdouts. After a near-deadly encounter with another AI Brittle is forced to seek sanctuary in a city under siege by an OWI. Critically damaged Brittle must evade capture long enough to find the essential rare parts to make repairs - but as a robot''s CPU gradually deteriorates all their old memories resurface. For Brittle that means one haunting memory in particular. ************ ''The novel does not stint on action and violence but what lingers in the mind are its brutal vision of a world cannibalising itself and the poignant questions it raises about soul and sentience'' FINANCIAL TIMES . Language: English