Murkor's barren surface, stifling heat, and noxious atmosphere rendered it a barely habitable hellhole. But even its outlying location on the Spiral Arm could not deter Earth's two opposing superpowers, Union Latino and Coalition, from establishing planetary bases-and pursuing their mutually destructive animosity. At great sacrifice, Coalition created Zenith, an opulent mining facility where a lucrative mineral is processed. That is until an unforeseen obstacle puts a sudden end to operations-and dreams of riches for thirty disgruntled and increasingly belligerent mining techs. Nearby lies...