A new type of missile is stolen from its Russian test site by foreign agents. This leads to an uneasy alliance between the KGB and the CIA as they join forces to stop World War III. Their search leads them to Iran, where they meet "the Baron", an international criminal who plans on detonating the missile.

"Imperium is the most expensive structure ever created. Once an orbiting laboratory, it is now a space hotel for the fantastically wealthy. But as the station preps for its first group of space tourists, Dr. Chloe Bonilla, Imperium's resident biophysicist, finds herself questioning whether babysitting a passel of space glampers is worth the distraction from her research. A private rocket delivers a rogues' gallery of the world's elite to Imperium:...