Dr. Melanie Destin’s life is a mess.
After losing her job as a medic aboard an old freighter, she is desperate to find something. In an attempt to start over, she accepts an interplanetary salvage job that will pay her enough to rebuild a new life for herself on Mars. When she learns the real purpose of the mission is to recover an apocalyptic virus, everything begins to unravel…
Governments compete with corporations to control the pathogen which the expedition leader plans to sell to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, the company that hired her wants to eliminate anyone who knows anything…
With her life in danger, and not knowing who she can trust, Mel must find a way to keep the virus out of the wrong hands. If she fails, billions will die…