In northern Sweden, the young son of local cop Kennet Carlsson discovers the body of Andreas Lindt, a crewman listed as being aboard the SpaceFleet science ship Belgrade, over 250 million miles away.

Escaping the apparently doomed ship, Lieutenant Enna Dacourt is forced to land a shuttle on an inconsequential asteroid. Her captor is Andreas Lindt.

In New York, a murderer is found dead. His accomplice takes flight towards the border, fearing that unseen powers are at work.
At a chateau in rural France, two men await a signal that will determine the fate of their unsuspecting hosts.

Soon, Enna discovers that her escape is neither luck, nor coincidence.
She is a pawn in a scheme that a powerful man cannot afford to lose.

At stake are the lives of her family, the future of humanoid robot development, and the destiny of the most successful company on Earth.

Getting off the asteroid alive is only the beginning of her adventure...