Kovacs is working as a mercenary fighting rebels and being paid well he quickly goes AWOL at the possibility of getting the cut om finding a Martian spaceship. So much of current human tech and exploration is based on the few bits they have found that to find a ship would be amazing amounts of wealth. But with so much money on the line you have to wonder who can you trust as they figure out how to activate the gate to get to the ship as their sleeves slowly die from radiation poisoning. This isn’t a noir as the previous book but certainly more thriller style. An enjoyable read.

