{"product_id":"2940154093801","title":"Gateway to Rust and Ruin","description":"\u003cp\u003eSir Francis Barstow has unlimited funds from the alchemist's dream--he can transmute lead into gold with a special ray confined to a Cornish coal mine. To exhaust generated fumes from the electrical equipment, he uses a strange black portal only a foot in diameter--the portal opens onto an entire new dimension, the World of Rust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther, larger holes have appeared across the world. The Kaiser uses one to smuggle contraband from the United States into Switzerland in preparation for launching a great war, but he is opposed by a brilliant scientist unwilling to thrust the world into such devastation. To achieve his ends, the scientist explores the Rust World to scavenge technology unavailable anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Francis, with the lovely French aviatrix Nicole Larouse, find themselves in conflict with the Kaiser, his subjects and those who would use the strange black portals to a different world for their own purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a bonus, the short story \"The Transmogrification Ray\" detailing Sir Francis' researches (originally published in the anthology Steampunk'd) is included, along with notes on this exciting new steampunk universe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Cenotaph Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103468470512,"sku":"2940154093801","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154093801_p0.jpg?v=1764068138","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154093801","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}