Steel Guardian
Rusted Wasteland Book OneBy Cameron Coral
Length6h 55m
About this audiobook
A timid robot protects an abandoned baby in a post-apocalyptic world.
The AI Uprising destroys society. Machines turn against humans. The military SoldierBots have one function—seek and destroy.
Block is a simple CleanerBot programmed to scrub floors and serve hotel guests. Forced to leave his city, he must avoid dangerous SoldierBots and find a new hotel to call home.
But when Block discovers a human infant, his surprise attachment to the girl compels him to protect her.
On a road trip across the dystopian wastelands of America, they encounter Nova, a rebellious soldier and ally. The unlikely friends must tackle the biggest challenge of their lives in this tale of friendship and robot redemption.
They face danger from bands of scavengers, militaristic robots, and Combat Mechs as they cross the post-apoc landscape. But their greatest threat is a cyborg Bounty Hunter who will stop at nothing to find Block and the child, an infant who holds the key to humanity’s future.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (2)
GenreScience Fiction, Dystopia
Length6 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 29, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2927. Stuck with humans
2Dedication
3028. Doing my best
31. An unknown
3129. If people and robots really exist together
42. Brightening the dark path ahead
3230. They didn’t move like birds
53. They still make your kind?
3331. Reduced to a trickle
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64. I’ve been infected
3432. Nothing to clean
75. So inefficient
3533. I dropped a hint
86. Skip step 2
3634. The farther west we go
97. Clean your messes
3735. And what about robots?
108. We’ll make a deal
3836. A survival instinct
119. Still there?
3937. Avoiding Nebraska
1210. Fresh in his neural circuitry
4038. The perfect babysitter
1311. Remember stuffed animals?
4139. A heavily probable outcome
1412. That’s a good little human
4240. Must be a CleanerBot thing
1513. They hunt robots
4341. Gas Food Lodging
1614. What’s with the coat?
4442. Safe zone
1715. Fever
4543. The three of us
1816. The idiot express to crazy land
4644. Surprisingly limber
1917. Move, Rust Bucket
4745. Full of robots
2018. Truce
4846. Primitive piece of garbage
2119. You’re not much of a fighter, are you?
4947. Sensory – not optimal
2220. I remember those kinds of days
5048. Well taken care of
2321. Trustworthy and reliable
5149. Avoid it at all costs
2422. My friends knew a lot
52Reading List
2523. I just want my money
53Acknowledgments
2624. Six months, two weeks, and three days
54About the Author
2725. Like a person possessed
55Closing Credits
2826. Try the peaches
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