Earth in 2086 is under complete corporate control. Even air and water are merely products to be bought and sold. The governments are powerless to stop the corporate tyranny because they rely on corporate donors and taxes. The corporate interests have enslaved humanity by controlling the currency. Scout Ellison and his group dream of a society without currency. It is illegal, and even if it wasn't, it would require changing the world's financial system. So Scout decides to leave Earth and colonize Mars. The military-industrial complex won't let it be so easy.