character Holden Reluctant ice-hauler officer with an Earth past, who logged a fatal distress call and lost his ship.
character Julie Mao Runaway shipping heiress turned radical, a missing-person case and a desperate recorded voice.
character Miller World-weary Ceres detective, hat-wearing Earther-born cop quietly obsessed with a missing rich girl.
character Naomi Sharp, loyal Belter engineer of the Canterbury, the steady technical heart of its salvage crew.
character Shed The Canterbury's amiable medic, easygoing about bio-gel and prosthetics, swept up in the salvage run.