Rust
4 primary works • 5 total works
Book 1
Young Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family’s small farm afloat as the countryside heals from a devastating world war. And when a boy with a jetpack, Jet Jones, suddenly crash lands into their barn, Roman believes the secrets of this visitor’s past may be the key to their survival. But Jet, a robot made to look like a boy but actually built for battle, has brought more than even he knows to the farm and Roman may learn that some secrets are best left untold. Royden Lepp’s Rust: Visitor in the Field chronicles Jet Jones’s critically acclaimed adventure as the rocket boy tries to find a new home and something worth fighting for in this high-octane ode to family ties.
Book 2
After a second robot attack on the Taylor farm leaves the family picking up the pieces once again, Roman's younger brother Oswald becomes more and more suspicious of Jet Jones's connection with the flesh and blood family that has harbored him. While trying to uncover the truth that Jet seems to be hiding, a new evil looms on the horizon that the Taylor's will need Jet's help to stop if they are to keep the farm, and the family, safe. Royden Lepp’s Rust: Secrets of the Cell continues Jet Jones’s critically acclaimed adventure as the rocket boy fights to earn of the trust of those he cares about while protecting them from unexpected threats.
Book 3
Rocket boy, Jet Jones, must choose between protecting the Taylors and being part of the family he’s always wanted.
Rocket Boy, Jet Jones, goes out of his way to prove himself to the Taylor family who have taken him in, but when shadows of his past arrive on the farm opening old wounds, he realizes his days of running may finally be numbered. Royden Lepp’s Rust: Death of the Rocket Boy is the penultimate installment of Jet’s ongoing adventure as he confronts his maker, Oswald, and struggles to protect the Taylors from new threats.
Rocket Boy, Jet Jones, goes out of his way to prove himself to the Taylor family who have taken him in, but when shadows of his past arrive on the farm opening old wounds, he realizes his days of running may finally be numbered. Royden Lepp’s Rust: Death of the Rocket Boy is the penultimate installment of Jet’s ongoing adventure as he confronts his maker, Oswald, and struggles to protect the Taylors from new threats.
Book 4
Rocket boy Jet Jones faces robot forces closing in on the Taylor farm from all sides in an epic final battle to save the lives of those he loves.
As an unprecedented robot force closes in on the Taylor farm, Jet Jones must embrace his true identity if he’s to defend the family he loves. His years of running have led to this, an epic final battle where Jet will face his past and future head on for the safety of the Taylor family and the right to choose his own path.
Royden Lepp’s Rust: Soul in the Machine is the breathtaking final installment of Jet’s adventure and the greatest challenge the rocket boy will ever face.
As an unprecedented robot force closes in on the Taylor farm, Jet Jones must embrace his true identity if he’s to defend the family he loves. His years of running have led to this, an epic final battle where Jet will face his past and future head on for the safety of the Taylor family and the right to choose his own path.
Royden Lepp’s Rust: Soul in the Machine is the breathtaking final installment of Jet’s adventure and the greatest challenge the rocket boy will ever face.
The story of the Boy Soldier begins! Made to look like a boy but built for battle, Jet Jones is a robot caught in the middle of an ongoing war. While trying to save as many people as he can, Jet discovers there is more to who he is and what he was made for than he could have ever imagined. His experiences in the war set him off on a journey to learn what it means to both hero and human. It is the first adventure of many for the rocket boy. Written and illustrated by Royden Lepp, Rust: The Boy Soldier collects the previously released prologues from the first three volumes of the critically acclaimed series Rust along with the yet to be released prologue from the upcoming fourth and final installment. Together for the first time and in an all new reading order, Rust: The Boy Soldier is the complete story of Jet Jones’s time in war and the beginning of this high octane, all ages adventure.