When Cho Tsing sees odd data coming from America he convinces his boss within the Security Directorate to let him investigate at the source. That misadventure sets off a cascade of events that lead to a desperate dash across the Martian landscape to Mount Sharp and the Rover Curiosity. There a band of survivors fighting against the horrors on Mars hope to reveal what Edward Snowden attempted and failed to tell the world. But truth comes at a price--higher than anyone could have imagined. The NSA is hiding something. But not what you think.