The Dresden Sun

A heist goes south when a brilliant, principled mercenary with a traumatic history works with an insider to steal a valued commodity from Peredor Corporation called "the sphere". The C and Earth corporation vying for global dominance seeks to find a solution to an otherworldly technology for a scientist's project. A financial analyst, who despises his job at the powerful investment firm, Mutual One, is caught in the middle between deadly corporate rivals, financial fraud, and technological espionage, forcing him to run from the most psychopathic military contractor in the world.