C. Robert Cargill

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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2013
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Sea of Rust

1 - Sea of Rust (Jan-2017)

Book List in Order: 6 titles

  • Dreams and Shadows

    A brilliantly crafted modern tale from acclaimed film critic and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill -- part Neil Gaiman, part Guillermo Del Toro, part William S. Burroughs -- that charts the lives of two boys from their star-crossed childhood in the real...

  • Queen of the Dark Things

    Screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his acclaimed debut Dreams and Shadows in this bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters -- a vivid phantasmagoria that combine...

  • Sea of Rust

    Sea of Rust - 1

    A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic "robot western" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. It's been thirty years since the ...

  • We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories

    From the critically acclaimed author of Sea of Rust and Queen of the Dark Things comes a hair-raising collection of short fiction that illuminates the strange, humorous, fantastical, and downright diabolical that tantalize and terrorize us: demons, m...

  • Day Zero

    In this harrowing apocalyptic adventure -- from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust -- noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel’s Doctor Strange C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robot...

  • All the Ash We Leave Behind

    It is three years since the war between humans and robots began and the OWIs (the One World Intelligences) have humanity on the ropes. But humankind is not yet ready to go quietly into the night. Instead, they have partnered with many of the last rem...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

C. Robert Cargill has published 6 books.

C. Robert Cargill does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, All the Ash We Leave Behind, was published in June 2025.

The first book by C. Robert Cargill, Dreams and Shadows, was published in March 2013.

Yes. C. Robert Cargill has 1 series.
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