About the book: year / The new alliance with Vega is in danger of destruction. On a lunar colony of traditionalists, a brutal rape occurs, in which a young Vegan, Oto Sono, is accused. The earthly government wants to break the union and pursues its own secret goals in this. Detective Tally Ren takes on the investigation of a complex case again. But it's not so simple this time. Traditionalists are getting involved. But are they people? Or is there a third race hiding under the mask of man, on the cold Moon? Take off your mask, matriarch Steel