On Jupiter's moon, Callisto, a mysterious Recovery Man kidnaps Rhonda
Shindo after he terrorizes and then abandons her brilliant 13-year-old
daughter, Talia. While authorities on Callisto search for Rhonda, her
employers at the Aleyd Corporation try to gain custody of Talia.
Somehow, Callisto authorities realize, she's part of the crime, even
though she was left behind.
Meanwhile, Miles Flint is having a crisis of his own. In his murdered
mentor's files lies a long-held secret, one that could change his life.
His investigation of the secret leads him to the Aleyd Corporation, into
the middle of the search for Rhonda Shindo, and to a case that threatens
the entire legal system that enables the Earth Alliance to function.