Dyson File

The Atlas Corporation's plan to destroy Mercury is disrupted when their lead engineer, Esteban Velasco, is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Detective Isaac Cho and Special Agent Susan Cantrell are sent in to investigate, but they soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that is far more complex and strange than anyone expected. They are ambushed by ruthless mind-hackers who nearly kill them, making it clear that they must solve the case soon or else their corpses will turn up next.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 20 November 2023
Publisher: Baen Books

The Atlas Corporation was poised to dismantle the planet Mercury, converting its resources into a network of solar-collecting megastructures, when Esteban Velasco, the lead Atlas engineer, was discovered dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Detective Isaac Cho and Special Agent Susan Cantrell, eager to return to active duty despite their recent close calls on their last case, were dispatched to assess the situation. Their superiors anticipated a straightforward suicide declaration, but Velasco's death proved anything but ordinary. The detectives soon found themselves entangled in a mystery far more intricate and bizarre than anyone could have anticipated, leading them to a church for Mercury enthusiasts, a "nudist" colony that welcomed Saturn's unbreathable atmosphere, an exclusive park for hunting dinosaurs, and a ghost town where forgotten machines waged war over condo floor plans. What was initially intended to be a straightforward return to duty for the detectives took a sudden and ominous turn when ruthless mind-hackers ambushed them, nearly killing them, leaving one undeniable truth: if they failed to solve this case soon, their lifeless bodies would be the ones discovered next.

ISBN-13: 9781982193010