About the book: 2018 / Very little time has passed since the events described in “The Nemesis Games.” The Free Fleet and Marco Inaros have grown bolder and are now terrorizing the ships of the colonists - capturing them, replenishing their supplies. At the same time, the bombardment of the Earth by asteroids continues and the UN fleet is forced to be distracted to intercept them. Johnson tries to unite the splinter factions of the OPA into a single whole and organizes a meeting of all representatives in Medina, but Marco is not asleep. The struggle for power continues. Duarte and Laconia are moving somewhere. The time has come for the decisive battle for dominance in the solar system. And James Holden and his “Rocinante” are, as always, in the thick of things.