Humanity has advanced far into the depths of space. Huge gates opened the way to star systems, where thousands of colonists went to conquer new worlds. The battleship Rocinante, commanded by James Holden, is on an important mission to maintain a fragile peace. Meanwhile, the Inner Planets united and created a shaky alliance in the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, unfortunately never rid of the memory of past wars and prejudices. Therefore, the newly found long-awaited world collapses once again, when new and old technologies clash in the eternal war for dominance, and a hidden enemy tries to realize their ideas about the future of mankind.