Marcus Warnoc has a little problem. And a big one. Little because she's ludicrously short. Big because she has enough blackmail material to bury him, and she's just hijacked his spacecraft.

But he's not going to let this spoiled Martian snob push him around. He has a plan.

Miranda Foxgrove has a simple problem. And a complicated one. Simple because only she knows of a treasure hidden beyond the edge of civilized space. Complicated because the captain of the ship she stole to reach it is stubborn and resourceful, and he refuses to play along.

But she's not about to let this uneducated Belter thug sabotage her mission. She has a plan.

They're both about to learn that a plan is a list of things that won't happen.

At the frozen edge of the solar system lies a hidden treasure which could spell their fortune or their destruction-but only if they survive each other first.

Marcus Warnoc has a little problem. His asteroid mining ship-his inheritance, his livelihood, and his home-has been hijacked by a pint-sized corporate heiress with enough blackmail material to sink him for good, a secret mission she won't tell him about, and enough courage to get them both killed. She may have him dead to rights, but if he doesn't turn the tables on this spoiled Martian snob, he'll be dead, period. He's not giving up without a fight.

He has a plan.

Miranda Foxgrove has the opportunity of a lifetime almost within her grasp if she can reach it. Her stolen spacecraft came with a stubborn, resourceful captain who refuses to cooperate-but he's one of the few men alive who can snatch an unimaginable treasure from beneath the muzzles of countless railguns. And if this foulmouthed Belter thug doesn't want to cooperate, she'll find a way to force him. She's come too far to give up now.

She has a plan.

They're about to find out that a plan is a list of things that won't happen.