A ship's executive officer and a burnt-out asteroid belt detective stumble onto the same conspiracy from opposite ends. Jim Holden survives the destruction of his ice freighter and broadcasts what he knows to everyone, setting the solar system on a path to war. Detective Miller on Ceres is looking for a missing girl named Julie Mao. What they both find on the asteroid Eros will change humanity forever. The novel that launched the series combines noir detective fiction with hard science fiction and large-scale political thriller.
