The earth is dying, torn apart for resources by warring corporations. The world's first colony ship is ready to set off for the distant planet of Aurora, where humanity can start again. Danny Carver, a welfare rat from the towers outside London's dome, needs to be on that ship. His partner, Tammy, is dying from Chronic air pollution syndrome (CAPS), and a berth on the ship is her only chance of long term survival.
To keep her alive in the meantime, Danny gets involved in a criminal enterprise that goes wrong, landing him in court with just two options; life in an asteroid mine or almost certain death in the corporate marines.
He chooses the marines, still intent on finding a way to get himself and Tammy on the colony ship, but instead finds himself posted to a research station at the arse end of the solar system and treated little better than a slave.
Things couldn't get any worse, right up until he finds himself fighting for his life on the sharp end of a brutal corporate war.
Genre: Science Fiction
To keep her alive in the meantime, Danny gets involved in a criminal enterprise that goes wrong, landing him in court with just two options; life in an asteroid mine or almost certain death in the corporate marines.
He chooses the marines, still intent on finding a way to get himself and Tammy on the colony ship, but instead finds himself posted to a research station at the arse end of the solar system and treated little better than a slave.
Things couldn't get any worse, right up until he finds himself fighting for his life on the sharp end of a brutal corporate war.
Genre: Science Fiction
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