A japanese geologist, Sousuke Takahashi, is stationed in Field Zeta, the world's largest thorium-based nuclear power production site at a time when the internet is a thing of the past and the sea levels have risen by ten feet. Sousuke and some like-minded individuals are about to force humanity into a necessary struggle, and each one has a dreadful task to accomplish.
The Intrinsic Enthalpy Facility is host to an experiment that seeks to blur the line between Heaven and Earth. But when the critical point of no return is passed, thing unravel in quite an unbeliavable fashion.
Humanity was forced to seek the stars. Destined to lead mankind into an ever expanding presence, the inhabitants of HD 85512 b have known no other rule than those of the benevolent machines. The same machines that brought their ancestors there hundreds of years before. But what is man if he isn't free? What is man without being able to choose for himself? Ask yourselves the same question and remember: Whom do you love the most?
Sam is convinced that he can create a 'perpetual computer' design that will work forever without any energy source. Steve is supportive but skeptical, and eventually their ways part.
Ransoms rarely succeed because of the difficulty in the drop. But what if a solution can be found to this critical point. And what if the thing ransomed is not a person but a bridge! A bridge that no politician wants to go down in history as being the one responsible for its loss.