Apartfromthesightoftheearthandthemoonintheskyatthesametime,andtheflamingrocksthatfallatirregularintervalsintothestreets,itcouldbeaslumanywhereonOldEarth...liketheslumsofMontevideowhereUncleTiogrewup.Infact,itisanabandonedminingcolonyinagiantcraterofalargeasteroid,precariouslyprotectedfromvacuum.JustliketheslumsofEarth,thestrongpreyontheweakandtheweakupontheweaker;andTobi,whomakesameagerlivingasascrapcollectorandoccasionalbare-knucklefighter,knowsthattheonlychanceofescapeforhimselfandhisfriendsliesinthemonthlyrocketfromtheRussiancolonyoutsidethecrater.Butthecostismorethanhewouldusuallymakeinadecade.DoesthesolutionlieatthegamingtablesofElSenor,whowithhisenforcersrulesoverthecolonywithanironhand?