Draper struggles with what happened on Ganymede while the coming Earth/Mars peace conference tighten the tension on Errinwright. Dawes confronts Fred Johnson about what the OPA's course of action should be regarding the protomolecule.
The mystery of the cause of the Altercation between UN troops and Mars Marines at the farming colony is still unknown but a discovery of a seventh man leads to a cover up by the Martians so as to avoid an all out war with Earth. Meanwhile Fred Johnson has an important asset stolen from him by an old friend and Naomi is dealing with guilt for lying to Holden about destroying the Proto Moloecule sample that was hidden.—Bobby Ssendagala