A conspiracy that spans the solar system! Joel McCowan lives with his father, a mining consultant on the Moon base. But why does a simple mining consultant make so many mysterious journeys around the Moon, back to Earth, and to other solar system colonies? Then Joel?s father sends him a coded message and a warning?and vanishes. Taking refuge with his high-school friend Cary, Joel is attacked by ominous men in black, and he and Cary are on a wild chase to the Moon port, then back to Earth, to Mars, and even Mercury. All in search of Joel?s missing father. Will they survive a conspiracy that extends across the solar system and to the highest levels of government ?a terrible threat that could change the future of Earth and its colonies.