Once a respected hero in the deep sea mining community, Calvin Quarterly, an expectant father, travels into the unknown world of deep space asteroid mining. On paper, his desires seem to be purely financial but lurking behind this facade is the desire to provide a future for his family, free of suffering or tribulations that he once experienced. Finding himself at the climax of social and economical events far beyond his understanding, Calvin emerges as the linchpin holding together the very fate of humanity itself as the greatest power struggle ever seen unfolds before his very eyes.