The Survivors' struggle for survival and discovery within the oppressive Solonian system, marked by their encounter with forbidden knowledge and dangerous allies

The survivors press through the gas-free mine passage, their urgency compounded by the distant sound of collapsing tunnels left sealed by the Marshal. As they reach a massive lead-reinforced door …

The Marshal learns of an unscheduled Hyperion shuttle carrying an Earth Council investigator en route to Solos with arrival in less than nine hours. The news forces him to accelerate …