Rocco never wanted to be a hero. He wanted a working ship, a paid-up fuel bill, and enoughdistance from his past to pretend it wasn’t still breathing. Instead, he captains the Scav King, arusted, illegally modified salvage vessel crewed by: a traumatized medic who hits like a tank, ananxious genius engineer, a runaway fox with too many exit plans, a rat-sized pilot with acosmos-sized chip on his shoulder, and a sentient system that might be learning how to care.

When a simple salvage run uncovers forbidden tech and paints a target on their hull, the crew is thrown into a mess of corporate conspiracies, shady guild politics, and weapons that rewrite the rules of reality. To survive, they’ll have to outthink megacorps, outfly warships, and out-stubborn the universe, while figuring out whether the found family they’ve built is worth bleeding for.

Fast, sharp, and darkly funny, Scav King: Family Salvage is a character-driven space opera for readers who like scrappy crews, terrible plans, and humor wrapped around a very real heart.