Rustfang & the Garden of Sparks

Rustfang is good at three things: finding scrap, keeping secrets, and running first. When a bright-eyed drone imprints on him and calls him keeper, running stops being an option. The warlord who owns the water wants that glow. The birds want a debt paid. The tunnels want a toll. And somewhere beyond the salt flats, an old machine remembers how to make the world grow again. If Rustfang can keep the drone alive long enough, the wasteland might bloom, or burn.