Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1)

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt, and beyond—but the stars remain unreachable. Jim Holden serves as executive officer aboard an ice miner running routes from Saturn's rings to Belt mining stations. When he and his crew discover a derelict ship called the Scopuli, they uncover a secret worth killing for on a massive scale. War threatens the system unless Holden can determine who abandoned the ship and why. Detective Miller searches for a missing girl among billions of people in the solar system. Her wealthy parents' resources point him toward the Scopuli and Holden, a suspected rebel sympathizer. Miller realizes the girl may hold the key to understanding a larger conspiracy. Holden and Miller must navigate between the Earth government, Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations while the odds work against them. In the Belt, where conventional rules don't apply, one small ship has the potential to alter the fate of the entire system.