Asteroid belt miner Collier South has hit rock bottom. Ever since finding the alien artifact that could transmute elements, hes lost everything, including the artifact itself. His lover, Su, was killed on the ice plains of Ganymede, and his ship has been repossessed along with his longtime partner and friend, the shipboard computer Sancho. So, when Collier discovers nothing is ever truly lost, the question becomeswill he risk the chase again?