Guided by the last note they received from Dass, Erica and Yoko make their way to the Mosby Company in search of Keun the Kaufmann--but promptly learn he is away on business. The girls then track him to the bustling town of Dejah Thoris, and it soon becomes clear they aren't the only ones pursuing the mysterious Keun, who seems to be much more than a simple traveling salesman...

“Two centuries before their clash on Mars, Yoko and Erica were war orphans trying to survive on the red planet, unaware of their shared fate. The harsh world is the setting for the past that Erica has buried within her memories, as well as the place that holds the secret of Yoko's birth...”---Cover.