336 pages | Paperback

From thebestselling author ofThe Queen’s Gambit,a dramatic science fiction odyssey in which a billionaire ventures into outer space to save Earth

The year is 2063. Earths energy resources are dangerously close to being depleted, a new world superpower has upset Americas global dominance, and the threat of a new Ice Age looms large. Fortunately, there is one man brave enoughand perhaps foolish enoughto venture beyond the planet to find the mineral resources that will secure the countrys future: Ben Belson. One of the richest men in the world, Belson is haunted by personal demons and wanted for his unlawful space travel, but he will stop at nothing to fulfill his crucial missionand discover a future greater than he could ever have imagined.