Introducing a thrilling new space opera adventure! When a Martian politician is abducted en route to a summit with leaders from the Asteroid Belt, events are set in motion that will change the face of the Solar System. Katia Miranova believes in a free Belt. She's lived her entire life on Vesta, and she'll be damned if she lets a bunch of Earthers tell her how to run her station. But when Earth makes its move, Katia begins to suspect there's something more sinister at work behind the scenes. On the distant edge of the system, Francis Drake is a washed-up hack drowning in a bottle. He's seen the face of the enemy, and he ran from it. But Drake is about to be dragged back into the middle of war for the very future of humankind!.