ATLAS: the largest interplanetary ship ever built. It's an asteroid mining vessel, a refinery, a manufacturing plant, and a public relations statement all rolled into one massive vehicle. With it, Belt Group's influence in an increasingly exploited Solar System seems assured. Until it disappears. The last people to see it: an unremarkable group of ordinary miners whose livelihood it threatens. Tasked with tracking them down: a monomaniacal corporate troubleshooter, and her a boss, a ruthless climber of the corporate ladder. Caught up in the chaos: a corrupt bureaucrat with his own agenda, a smuggler king of the inner system, and an anti-government demagogue inciting system-wide rebellion. Overtaken by events beyond their control, these people must struggle to survive in a Solar System torn asunder by political and economic upheaval.