Freeman is an ex-cop who fled to the Asteroids to escape prosecution for crimes he did not commit. Finding a position as a contract agent for a Belter Security Agency he settled into rebuilding his life. As he soon found out, the community inhabiting the Rock, carved into the miniature planet Pella was every bit as corrupt as the one he left back on earth, but far more deadly. The Rock, hold too many secrets and it likes it that way.