Once all Roads led to Rome.Now they lead to Ceres.The dwarf planet Ceres, once thought of as little more than the biggest rock in the asteroid belt, has become humanity's most populated world in the years since Moses' departure. The desperate and needy of the solar system end up in syndicate run cities far beneath the surface. few ever see the light of the stars.The crew of the Sparrow, chasing rumors of a long lost piece of technology, turn to Ceres and find it stands on the brink of the abyss. Powerful crime groups are ready to go to war over old grudges and a misanthropic terrorist aims to use the chaos for his own ends. In the midst of all this, Grace Anderson finds herself separated from Davey and on the same streets they grew up on. Despite being the youngest member of the crew, she's not without her own part to play in the fates of Ceres. But only if Matthew and his crew can stop Ceres from tearing itself apart...

Some things should have been left in the ashes of Earth.   Do no harm. That’s the creed of a doctor. But Yvonne Naude has walked dangerously close to that line. Maybe she already crossed it. When the man that killed her husband was in her power, she pulled the trigger without hesitation. How was she supposed to know the gun wasn’t loaded?   But there’s a job to do and her crew is depending on her. One century after the departure of the AI benefactor Moses, tensions have come to a head. Alliances and long-festering fears are pushing the colonies to the brink of war as terrorist agitators threaten the critical grav plate factories on Ganymede and Mars. Without these irreplaceable facilities built by Moses himself, life in the colonies will soon end.   The captain of the Sparrow, Matthew Cole, has been tapped to lead a new guild of freelancers. The best of the best under one banner. Or maybe just a collection of misfit mercenaries. Either way, the only thing standing between humanity and oblivion is the crew of the Sparrow and a handful of broken souls.